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Osgerby A, Overton TW. Approaches for high-throughput quantification of periplasmic recombinant proteins. N Biotechnol 2023; 77:149-160. [PMID: 37708933 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2023.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
Abstract
The Gram-negative periplasm is a convenient location for the accumulation of many recombinant proteins including biopharmaceutical products. It is the site of disulphide bond formation, required by some proteins (such as antibody fragments) for correct folding and function. It also permits simpler protein release and downstream processing than cytoplasmic accumulation. As such, targeting of recombinant proteins to the E. coli periplasm is a key strategy in biologic manufacture. However, expression and translocation of each recombinant protein requires optimisation including selection of the best signal peptide and growth and production conditions. Traditional methods require separation and analysis of protein compositions of periplasmic and cytoplasmic fractions, a time- and labour-intensive method that is difficult to parallelise. Therefore, approaches for high throughput quantification of periplasmic protein accumulation offer advantages in rapid process development.
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- Alexander Osgerby
- School of Chemical Engineering and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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Greenwich JL, Eagan JL, Feirer N, Boswinkle K, Minasov G, Shuvalova L, Inniss NL, Raghavaiah J, Ghosh AK, Satchell KJ, Allen KD, Fuqua C. Control of Biofilm Formation by an Agrobacterium tumefaciens Pterin-Binding Periplasmic Protein Conserved Among Pathogenic Bacteria. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.18.567607. [PMID: 38014264 PMCID: PMC10680838 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.18.567607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
Abstract
Biofilm formation and surface attachment in multiple Alphaproteobacteria is driven by unipolar polysaccharide (UPP) adhesins. The pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens produces a UPP adhesin, which is regulated by the intracellular second messenger cyclic diguanylate monophosphate (cdGMP). Prior studies revealed that DcpA, a diguanylate cyclase-phosphodiesterase (DGC-PDE), is crucial in control of UPP production and surface attachment. DcpA is regulated by PruR, a protein with distant similarity to enzymatic domains known to coordinate the molybdopterin cofactor (MoCo). Pterins are bicyclic nitrogen-rich compounds, several of which are formed via a non-essential branch of the folate biosynthesis pathway, distinct from MoCo. The pterin-binding protein PruR controls DcpA activity, fostering cdGMP breakdown and dampening its synthesis. Pterins are excreted and we report here that PruR associates with these metabolites in the periplasm, promoting interaction with the DcpA periplasmic domain. The pteridine reductase PruA, which reduces specific dihydro-pterin molecules to their tetrahydro forms, imparts control over DcpA activity through PruR. Tetrahydromonapterin preferentially associates with PruR relative to other related pterins, and the PruR-DcpA interaction is decreased in a pruA mutant. PruR and DcpA are encoded in an operon that is conserved amongst multiple Proteobacteria including mammalian pathogens. Crystal structures reveal that PruR and several orthologs adopt a conserved fold, with a pterin-specific binding cleft that coordinates the bicyclic pterin ring. These findings define a new pterin-responsive regulatory mechanism that controls biofilm formation and related cdGMP-dependent phenotypes in A. tumefaciens and is found in multiple additional bacterial pathogens.
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- 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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- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
- Center for Structural Biology of Infectious Diseases, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
- Center for Structural Biology of Infectious Diseases, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
- Center for Structural Biology of Infectious Diseases, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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Goudin A, Ferat JL, Possoz C, Barre FX, Galli E. Recovery of Vibrio cholerae polarized cellular organization after exit from a non-proliferating spheroplast state. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0293276. [PMID: 37883451 PMCID: PMC10602287 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera epidemics, is a rod-shaped bacterium with a highly polarized cellular organization. It can survive harmful growth conditions by entering a non-proliferating spheroplast state, which involves loss of the cell envelope and polarity. How polarized rod organization cells are formed when the spheroplasts exit the non-proliferating state remains largely uncharacterized. To address this question, we investigated how L-arabinose-induced V. cholerae spheroplasts return to growth. We found that de novo morphogenesis started with the elimination of an excess of periplasm, which was immediately followed by cell elongation and the formation of cell branches with a diameter similar to that of normal V. cholerae cells. Periplasm elimination was driven by bifunctional peptidoglycan synthases involved in cell-wall maintenance, the aPBPs. Elongation and branching relied on the MreB-associated monofunctional peptidoglycan synthase PBP2. The cell division monofunctional peptidoglycan synthase FtsI was not involved in any of these processes. However, the FtsK cell division protein specifically targeted the sites of vesicle extrusion. Genetic material was amplified by synchronous waves of DNA replication as periplasmic elimination began. The HubP polarity factor targeted the tip of the branches as they began to form. However, HubP-mediated polarization was not involved in the efficiency of the recovery process. Finally, our results suggest that the positioning of HubP and the activities of the replication terminus organizer of the two V. cholerae chromosomes, MatP, are independent of cell division. Taken together, these results confirm the interest of L-arabinose-induced V. cholerae spheroplasts to study how cell shape is generated and shed light on the de novo establishment of the intracellular organization and cell polarization in V. cholerae.
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- Anthony Goudin
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Allen WJ, Collinson I. A unifying mechanism for protein transport through the core bacterial Sec machinery. Open Biol 2023; 13:230166. [PMID: 37643640 PMCID: PMC10465204 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.230166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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Encapsulation and compartmentalization are fundamental to the evolution of cellular life, but they also pose a challenge: how to partition the molecules that perform biological functions-the proteins-across impermeable barriers into sub-cellular organelles, and to the outside. The solution lies in the evolution of specialized machines, translocons, found in every biological membrane, which act both as gate and gatekeeper across and into membrane bilayers. Understanding how these translocons operate at the molecular level has been a long-standing ambition of cell biology, and one that is approaching its denouement; particularly in the case of the ubiquitous Sec system. In this review, we highlight the fruits of recent game-changing technical innovations in structural biology, biophysics and biochemistry to present a largely complete mechanism for the bacterial version of the core Sec machinery. We discuss the merits of our model over alternative proposals and identify the remaining open questions. The template laid out by the study of the Sec system will be of immense value for probing the many other translocons found in diverse biological membranes, towards the ultimate goal of altering or impeding their functions for pharmaceutical or biotechnological purposes.
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- William J. Allen
- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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Analysis of the Brucella suis Twin Arginine Translocation System and Its Substrates Shows That It Is Essential for Viability. Infect Immun 2023; 91:e0045922. [PMID: 36448838 PMCID: PMC9872638 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00459-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Bacteria use the twin arginine translocator (Tat) system to export folded proteins from the cytosol to the bacterial envelope or to the extracellular environment. As with most Gram-negative bacteria, the Tat system of the zoonotic pathogen Brucella spp. is encoded by a three-gene operon, tatABC. Our attempts, using several different strategies, to create a Brucella suis strain 1330 tat mutant were all unsuccessful. This suggested that, for B. suis, Tat is essential, in contrast to a recent report for Brucella melitensis. This was supported by our findings that two molecules that inhibit the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Tat system also inhibit B. suis, B. melitensis, and Brucella abortus growth in vitro. In a bioinformatic screen of the B. suis 1330 proteome, we identified 28 proteins with putative Tat signal sequences. We used a heterologous reporter assay based on export of the Tat-dependent amidase AmiA by using the Tat signal sequences from the Brucella proteins to confirm that 20 of the 28 candidates can engage the Tat pathway.
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Ongwae GM, Lepori I, Chordia MD, Dalesandro BE, Apostolos AJ, Siegrist MS, Pires MM. Measurement of Small Molecule Accumulation into Diderm Bacteria. ACS Infect Dis 2023; 9:97-110. [PMID: 36530146 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Some of the most dangerous bacterial pathogens (Gram-negative and mycobacterial) deploy a formidable secondary membrane barrier to reduce the influx of exogenous molecules. For Gram-negative bacteria, this second exterior membrane is known as the outer membrane (OM), while for the Gram-indeterminate Mycobacteria, it is known as the "myco" membrane. Although different in composition, both the OM and mycomembrane are key structures that restrict the passive permeation of small molecules into bacterial cells. Although it is well-appreciated that such structures are principal determinants of small molecule permeation, it has proven to be challenging to assess this feature in a robust and quantitative way or in complex, infection-relevant settings. Herein, we describe the development of the bacterial chloro-alkane penetration assay (BaCAPA), which employs the use of a genetically encoded protein called HaloTag, to measure the uptake and accumulation of molecules into model Gram-negative and mycobacterial species, Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium smegmatis, respectively, and into the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The HaloTag protein can be directed to either the cytoplasm or the periplasm of bacteria. This offers the possibility of compartmental analysis of permeation across individual cell membranes. Significantly, we also showed that BaCAPA can be used to analyze the permeation of molecules into host cell-internalized E. coli and M. tuberculosis, a critical capability for analyzing intracellular pathogens. Together, our results show that BaCAPA affords facile measurement of permeability across four barriers: the host plasma and phagosomal membranes and the diderm bacterial cell envelope.
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- George M Ongwae
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.,Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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Wang Y, Wang Y, Wu Y, Suo Y, Guo H, Yu Y, Yin R, Xi R, Wu J, Hua N, Zhang Y, Zhang S, Jin Z, He L, Ma G. Using the inner membrane of Escherichia coli as a scaffold to anchor enzymes for metabolic flux enhancement. Eng Life Sci 2023; 23:e2200034. [PMID: 36751472 PMCID: PMC9893748 DOI: 10.1002/elsc.202200034] [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: 06/26/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Clustering enzymes in the same metabolic pathway is a natural strategy to enhance productivity. Synthetic protein, RNA and DNA scaffolds have been designed to artificially cluster multiple enzymes in the cell, which require complex construction processes and possess limited slots for target enzymes. We utilized the Escherichia coli inner cell membrane as a native scaffold to cluster four fatty acid synthases (FAS) and achieved to improve the efficiency of fatty acid synthesis in vivo. The construction strategy is as simple as fusing target enzymes to the N-terminus or C-terminus of the membrane anchor protein (Lgt), and the number of anchored enzymes is not restricted. This novel device not only presents a similar efficiency in clustering multiple enzymes to that of other artificial scaffolds but also promotes the product secretion, driving the entire metabolic flux forward and further increasing the gross yield compared with that in a cytoplasmic scaffold system.
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- You Wang
- Bio‐X‐Renji Hospital Research CenterRenji HospitalSchool of MedicineShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,2012 SJTU‐BioX‐Shanghai Team for The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,2012 SJTU‐BioX‐Shanghai Team for The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,2012 SJTU‐BioX‐Shanghai Team for The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,2012 SJTU‐BioX‐Shanghai Team for The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,2012 SJTU‐BioX‐Shanghai Team for The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,2012 SJTU‐BioX‐Shanghai Team for The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,2012 SJTU‐BioX‐Shanghai Team for The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,2012 SJTU‐BioX‐Shanghai Team for The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,2012 SJTU‐BioX‐Shanghai Team for The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,2012 SJTU‐BioX‐Shanghai Team for The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,2012 SJTU‐BioX‐Shanghai Team for The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,2012 SJTU‐BioX‐Shanghai Team for The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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- Bio‐X‐Renji Hospital Research CenterRenji HospitalSchool of MedicineShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China,Bio‐X InstitutesKey Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education)Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiP.R. China
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Smets D, Smit J, Xu Y, Karamanou S, Economou A. Signal Peptide-rheostat Dynamics Delay Secretory Preprotein Folding. J Mol Biol 2022; 434:167790. [PMID: 35970402 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
Abstract
Sec secretory proteins are distinguished from cytoplasmic ones by N-terminal signal peptides with multiple roles during post-translational translocation. They contribute to preprotein targeting to the translocase by slowing down folding, binding receptors and triggering secretion. While signal peptides get cleaved after translocation, mature domains traffic further and/or fold into functional states. How signal peptides delay folding temporarily, to keep mature domains translocation-competent, remains unclear. We previously reported that the foldon landscape of the periplasmic prolyl-peptidyl isomerase is altered by its signal peptide and mature domain features. Here, we reveal that the dynamics of signal peptides and mature domains crosstalk. This involves the signal peptide's hydrophobic helical core, the short unstructured connector to the mature domain and the flexible rheostat at the mature domain N-terminus. Through this cis mechanism the signal peptide delays the formation of early initial foldons thus altering their hierarchy and delaying mature domain folding. We propose that sequence elements outside a protein's native core exploit their structural dynamics to influence the folding landscape.
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- Dries Smets
- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Guo T, Cui Y, Zhang L, Xu X, Xu Z, Kong J. Holin-assisted bacterial recombinant protein export. Biotechnol Bioeng 2022; 119:2908-2918. [PMID: 35822237 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
A simple generic method for enhancing extracellular protein yields in engineered bacteria is still lacking. Here, we demonstrated that phage-encoded holin can be used to export proteins to the extracellular medium in both Gram-negative Escherichia coli and -positive Lactococcus lactis. When a putative holin gene LLNZ_RS10380 annotated in the genome of L. lactis NZ9000 (hol380) was recombinantly expressed in E. coli BL21(DE3), the Hol380 oligomerized up to hexamer in the cytoplasmic membrane, yielding membrane pore to allow the passage of cytosolic β-galatosidase (116 kDa), whose extracellular production reached 54.59 U/μL, accounting for 76.37% of the total activity. However, the overexpressed Hol380 could not release cytosolic proteins across the membrane in L. lactis NZ9000, but increased the secretory production of staphylococcal nuclease to 2.55-fold and fimbrial adhesin FaeG to 2.40-fold compared with those guided by signal peptide Usp45 alone. By using a combination of proteomics and transcriptional level analysis, we found that overexpression of the Hol380 raised the accumulation of Ffh and YidC involved in the signal recognition particle pathway in L. lactis, suggesting an alternative road participating in protein secretion. This study proposed a new approach by expressing holin in bacterial cell factories to export target proteins of economic or medical interest. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Tingting Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, No. 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, No. 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, No. 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, No. 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, No. 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, No. 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, P. R. China
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Zhu Z, Wang S, Shan SO. Ribosome profiling reveals multiple roles of SecA in cotranslational protein export. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3393. [PMID: 35697696 PMCID: PMC9192764 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31061-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
SecA, an ATPase known to posttranslationally translocate secretory proteins across the bacterial plasma membrane, also binds ribosomes, but the role of SecA’s ribosome interaction has been unclear. Here, we used a combination of ribosome profiling methods to investigate the cotranslational actions of SecA. Our data reveal the widespread accumulation of large periplasmic loops of inner membrane proteins in the cytoplasm during their cotranslational translocation, which are specifically recognized and resolved by SecA in coordination with the proton motive force (PMF). Furthermore, SecA associates with 25% of secretory proteins with highly hydrophobic signal sequences at an early stage of translation and mediates their cotranslational transport. In contrast, the chaperone trigger factor (TF) delays SecA engagement on secretory proteins with weakly hydrophobic signal sequences, thus enforcing a posttranslational mode of their translocation. Our results elucidate the principles of SecA-driven cotranslational protein translocation and reveal a hierarchical network of protein export pathways in bacteria. Using a combination of ribosome profiling methods, Zhu et al. investigate the principles governing the cotranslational interaction of SecA with nascent proteins and reveal a hierarchical organization of protein export pathways in bacteria.
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- Zikun Zhu
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.,Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.
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Schachterle JK, Gdanetz K, Pandya I, Sundin GW. Identification of novel virulence factors in Erwinia amylovora through temporal transcriptomic analysis of infected apple flowers under field conditions. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2022; 23:855-869. [PMID: 35246928 PMCID: PMC9104256 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
The enterobacterial pathogen Erwinia amylovora uses multiple virulence-associated traits to cause fire blight, a devastating disease of apple and pear trees. Many virulence-associated phenotypes have been studied that are critical for virulence and pathogenicity. Despite the in vitro testing that has revealed how these systems are transcriptionally regulated, information on when and where in infected tissues these genes are being expressed is lacking. Here, we used a high-throughput sequencing approach to characterize the transcriptome of E. amylovora during disease progression on apple flowers under field infection conditions. We report that type III secretion system genes and flagellar genes are strongly co-expressed. Likewise, genes involved in biosynthesis of the exopolysaccharide amylovoran and sorbitol utilization had similar expression patterns. We further identified a group of 16 genes whose expression is increased and maintained at high levels throughout disease progression across time and tissues. We chose five of these genes for mutational analysis and observed that deletion mutants lacking these genes all display reduced symptom development on apple shoots. Furthermore, these induced genes were over-represented for genes involved in sulphur metabolism and cycling, suggesting the possibility of an important role for maintenance of oxidative homeostasis during apple flower infection.
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- Jeffrey K. Schachterle
- Genetics and Genome Sciences ProgramMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMIUSA
- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial SciencesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMIUSA
- Present address:
USDAARS, Cereal Crops Research UnitFargoNDUSA
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial SciencesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMIUSA
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial SciencesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMIUSA
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- Genetics and Genome Sciences ProgramMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMIUSA
- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial SciencesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMIUSA
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Karyolaimos A, de Gier JW. Strategies to Enhance Periplasmic Recombinant Protein Production Yields in Escherichia coli. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:797334. [PMID: 34970535 PMCID: PMC8712718 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.797334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Main reasons to produce recombinant proteins in the periplasm of E. coli rather than in its cytoplasm are to -i- enable disulfide bond formation, -ii- facilitate protein isolation, -iii- control the nature of the N-terminus of the mature protein, and -iv- minimize exposure to cytoplasmic proteases. However, hampered protein targeting, translocation and folding as well as protein instability can all negatively affect periplasmic protein production yields. Strategies to enhance periplasmic protein production yields have focused on harmonizing secretory recombinant protein production rates with the capacity of the secretory apparatus by transcriptional and translational tuning, signal peptide selection and engineering, increasing the targeting, translocation and periplasmic folding capacity of the production host, preventing proteolysis, and, finally, the natural and engineered adaptation of the production host to periplasmic protein production. Here, we discuss these strategies using notable examples as a thread.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Taw MN, Li M, Kim D, Rocco MA, Waraho-Zhmayev D, DeLisa MP. Engineering a Supersecreting Strain of Escherichia coli by Directed Coevolution of the Multiprotein Tat Translocation Machinery. ACS Synth Biol 2021; 10:2947-2958. [PMID: 34757717 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.1c00183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Escherichia coli remains one of the preferred hosts for biotechnological protein production due to its robust growth in culture and ease of genetic manipulation. It is often desirable to export recombinant proteins into the periplasmic space for reasons related to proper disulfide bond formation, prevention of aggregation and proteolytic degradation, and ease of purification. One such system for expressing heterologous secreted proteins is the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway, which has the unique advantage of delivering correctly folded proteins into the periplasm. However, transit times for proteins through the Tat translocase, comprised of the TatABC proteins, are much longer than for passage through the SecYEG pore, the translocase associated with the more widely utilized Sec pathway. To date, a high protein flux through the Tat pathway has yet to be demonstrated. To address this shortcoming, we employed a directed coevolution strategy to isolate mutant Tat translocases for their ability to deliver higher quantities of heterologous proteins into the periplasm. Three supersecreting translocases were selected that each exported a panel of recombinant proteins at levels that were significantly greater than those observed for wild-type TatABC or SecYEG translocases. Interestingly, all three of the evolved Tat translocases exhibited quality control suppression, suggesting that increased translocation flux was gained by relaxation of substrate proofreading. Overall, our discovery of more efficient translocase variants paves the way for the use of the Tat system as a powerful complement to the Sec pathway for secreted production of both commodity and high value-added proteins.
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- May N. Taw
- Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Robert F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Robert F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Robert F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Biological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- Robert F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- Cornell Institute of Biotechnology, Cornell University, 130 Biotechnology Building, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Nakamura K, Nagaki K, Matsutani M, Adachi O, Kataoka N, Ano Y, Theeragool G, Matsushita K, Yakushi T. Relocation of dehydroquinate dehydratase to the periplasmic space improves dehydroshikimate production with Gluconobacter oxydans strain NBRC3244. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:5883-5894. [PMID: 34390353 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11476-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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3-Dehydroshikimate (3-DHS) is a key intermediate for the synthesis of various compounds, including the antiviral drug oseltamivir. The Gluconobacter oxydans strain NBRC3244 intrinsically oxidizes quinate to produce 3-dehydroquinate (3-DHQ) in the periplasmic space. Even though a considerable activity is detected in the recombinant G. oxydans homologously overexpressing type II dehydroquinate dehydratase (DHQase) encoded in the aroQ gene at a pH where it grows, an alkaline shift of the culture medium is required for 3-DHS production in the middle of cultivation. Here, we attempted to adopt type I DHQase encoded in the aroD gene of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus strain PAL5 because the type I DHQase works optimally at weak acid, which is preferable for growth conditions of G. oxydans. In addition, we anticipated that subcellular localization of DHQase is the cytoplasm, and therefore, transports of 3-DHQ and 3-DHS across the cytoplasmic membrane are rate-limiting steps in the biotransformation. The Sec- and TAT-dependent signal sequences for secretion were attached to the N terminus of AroD to change the subcellular localization. G. oxydans that expresses the TAT-AroD derivative achieved 3-DHS production at a tenfold higher rate than the reference strain that expresses wild-type AroD even devoid of alkaline shift. Enzyme activity with the intact cell suspension and signal sequence cleavage supported the relocation of AroD to the periplasmic space. The present study suggests that the relocation of DHQase improves 3-DHS production in G. oxydans and represents a proof of concept for the potential of enzyme relocation in metabolic engineering. KEY POINTS: • Type-I dehydroquinate dehydratase (DHQase) was expressed in Gluconobacter oxydans. • Cytoplasmic DHQase was relocated to the periplasmic space in G. oxydans. • Relocation of DHQase in G. oxydans improved 3-dehydroshikimate production.
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- Kentaro Nakamura
- Division of Agricultural Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan
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- Joint Degree Program of Kasetsart University and Yamaguchi University, Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan
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- Division of Agricultural Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan.,Research Center for Thermotolerant Microbial Resources, Yamaguchi University, 753-8515, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Division of Agricultural Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan
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- Division of Agricultural Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan.,Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan.,Research Center for Thermotolerant Microbial Resources, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, 796-8566, Japan
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- Joint Degree Program of Kasetsart University and Yamaguchi University, Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan.,Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Agricultural Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan.,Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan.,Research Center for Thermotolerant Microbial Resources, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan
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- Division of Agricultural Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan. .,Joint Degree Program of Kasetsart University and Yamaguchi University, Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan. .,Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan. .,Research Center for Thermotolerant Microbial Resources, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan.
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Sibley M, Ward JM. A cell engineering approach to enzyme-based fed-batch fermentation. Microb Cell Fact 2021; 20:146. [PMID: 34303374 PMCID: PMC8310608 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-021-01634-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background A fundamental problem associated with E. coli fermentations is the difficulty in achieving high cell densities in batch cultures, attributed in large part to the production and accumulation of acetate through a phenomenon known as overflow metabolism when supplying enough glucose for the cell density desired. Although a fed-batch configuration is the standard method for reducing such issues, traditional fed-batch systems require components which become problematic when applying them at smaller scale. One alternative has been the development of a system whereby the enzymatic degradation of starch is used to release glucose at a controlled rate. However, to date, amylolytic enzymes have only been applied to the culture exogenously, whereas our goal is to design and construct a self-secreting amylolytic chassis capable of self-regulated enzyme-based fed-batch fermentation. Results A putative glucoamylase from C. violaceum has been cloned and expressed in E. coli BL21(DE3) and W3110, which exhibits significant glucose releasing amylolytic activity. Extracellular amylolytic activity was enhanced following a replacement of the enzymes native signal peptide with the DsbA signal sequence, contributing to a glucoamylase secreting strain capable of utilising starch as a sole carbon source in defined media. Introduction of PcstA, a glucose sensitive K12 compatible promoter, and the incorporation of this alongside C. violaceum glucoamylase in E. coli W3110, gave rise to increased cell densities in cultures grown on starch (OD600 ∼ 30) compared to those grown on an equivalent amount of glucose (OD600 ∼ 15). Lastly, a novel self-secreting enzyme-based fed-batch fermentation system was demonstrated via the simultaneous expression of the C. violaceum glucoamylase and a recombinant protein of interest (eGFP), resulting in a fourfold increase in yield when grown in media containing starch compared with the glucose equivalent. Conclusions This study has developed, through the secretion of a previously uncharacterised bacterial glucoamylase, a novel amylolytic E. coli strain capable of direct starch to glucose conversion. The ability of this strain to achieve increased cell densities as well as an associated increase in recombinant protein yield when grown on starch compared with an equivalent amount of glucose, demonstrates for the first time a cell engineering approach to enzyme-based fed-batch fermentation. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12934-021-01634-y.
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- Michael Sibley
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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CrvA and CrvB form a curvature-inducing module sufficient to induce cell-shape complexity in Gram-negative bacteria. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:910-920. [PMID: 34183815 PMCID: PMC8764749 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-021-00924-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Bacterial species have diverse cell shapes that enable motility, colonization, and virulence. The cell wall defines bacterial shape and is primarily built by two cytoskeleton-guided synthesis machines, the elongasome and the divisome. However, the mechanisms producing complex shapes, like the curved-rod shape of Vibrio cholerae, are incompletely defined. Previous studies have reported that species-specific regulation of cytoskeleton-guided machines enables formation of complex bacterial shapes such as cell curvature and cellular appendages. In contrast, we report that CrvA and CrvB are sufficient to induce complex cell shape autonomously of the cytoskeleton in V. cholerae. The autonomy of the CrvAB module also enables it to induce curvature in the Gram-negative species Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Caulobacter crescentus, and Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Using inducible gene expression, quantitative microscopy, and biochemistry we show that CrvA and CrvB circumvent the need for patterning via cytoskeletal elements by regulating each other to form an asymmetrically-localized, periplasmic structure that directly binds to the cell wall. The assembly and disassembly of this periplasmic structure enables dynamic changes in cell shape. Bioinformatics indicate that CrvA and CrvB may have diverged from a single ancestral hybrid protein. Using fusion experiments in V. cholerae, we find that a synthetic CrvA/B hybrid protein is sufficient to induce curvature on its own, but that expression of two distinct proteins, CrvA and CrvB, promotes more rapid curvature induction. We conclude that morphological complexity can arise independently of cell shape specification by the core cytoskeleton-guided synthesis machines.
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Jiang C, Wynne M, Huber D. How Quality Control Systems AID Sec-Dependent Protein Translocation. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:669376. [PMID: 33928127 PMCID: PMC8076867 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.669376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The evolutionarily conserved Sec machinery is responsible for transporting proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane. Protein substrates of the Sec machinery must be in an unfolded conformation in order to be translocated across (or inserted into) the cytoplasmic membrane. In bacteria, the requirement for unfolded proteins is strict: substrate proteins that fold (or misfold) prematurely in the cytoplasm prior to translocation become irreversibly trapped in the cytoplasm. Partially folded Sec substrate proteins and stalled ribosomes containing nascent Sec substrates can also inhibit translocation by blocking (i.e., “jamming”) the membrane-embedded Sec machinery. To avoid these issues, bacteria have evolved a complex network of quality control systems to ensure that Sec substrate proteins do not fold in the cytoplasm. This quality control network can be broken into three branches, for which we have defined the acronym “AID”: (i) avoidance of cytoplasmic intermediates through cotranslationally channeling newly synthesized Sec substrates to the Sec machinery; (ii) inhibition of folding Sec substrate proteins that transiently reside in the cytoplasm by molecular chaperones and the requirement for posttranslational modifications; (iii) destruction of products that could potentially inhibit translocation. In addition, several stress response pathways help to restore protein-folding homeostasis when environmental conditions that inhibit translocation overcome the AID quality control systems.
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- Chen Jiang
- School of Biosciences and the Institute for Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences and the Institute for Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences and the Institute for Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Shin JH, Sulpizio AG, Kelley A, Alvarez L, Murphy SG, Fan L, Cava F, Mao Y, Saper MA, Dörr T. Structural basis of peptidoglycan endopeptidase regulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:11692-11702. [PMID: 32393643 PMCID: PMC7261138 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2001661117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Most bacteria surround themselves with a cell wall, a strong meshwork consisting primarily of the polymerized aminosugar peptidoglycan (PG). PG is essential for structural maintenance of bacterial cells, and thus for viability. PG is also constantly synthesized and turned over; the latter process is mediated by PG cleavage enzymes, for example, the endopeptidases (EPs). EPs themselves are essential for growth but also promote lethal cell wall degradation after exposure to antibiotics that inhibit PG synthases (e.g., β-lactams). Thus, EPs are attractive targets for novel antibiotics and their adjuvants. However, we have a poor understanding of how these enzymes are regulated in vivo, depriving us of novel pathways for the development of such antibiotics. Here, we have solved crystal structures of the LysM/M23 family peptidase ShyA, the primary EP of the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae Our data suggest that ShyA assumes two drastically different conformations: a more open form that allows for substrate binding and a closed form, which we predicted to be catalytically inactive. Mutations expected to promote the open conformation caused enhanced activity in vitro and in vivo, and these results were recapitulated in EPs from the divergent pathogens Neisseria gonorrheae and Escherichia coli Our results suggest that LysM/M23 EPs are regulated via release of the inhibitory Domain 1 from the M23 active site, likely through conformational rearrangement in vivo.
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- Jung-Ho Shin
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5606
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- The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
- Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, SAXS Core Facility of the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702
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- The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5606
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853;
- Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
- Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Somprasong N, Hall CM, Webb JR, Sahl JW, Wagner DM, Keim P, Currie BJ, Schweizer HP. Burkholderia ubonensis Meropenem Resistance: Insights into Distinct Properties of Class A β-Lactamases in Burkholderia cepacia Complex and Burkholderia pseudomallei Complex Bacteria. mBio 2020; 11:e00592-20. [PMID: 32291300 PMCID: PMC7157819 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00592-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Burkholderia pseudomallei, the founding member of the B. pseudomallei complex (Bpc), is a biothreat agent and causes melioidosis, a disease whose treatment mainly relies on ceftazidime and meropenem. The concern is that B. pseudomallei could enhance its drug resistance repertoire by the acquisition of DNA from resistant near-neighbor species. Burkholderia ubonensis, a member of the B. cepacia complex (Bcc), is commonly coisolated from environments where B. pseudomallei is present. Unlike B. pseudomallei, in which significant primary carbapenem resistance is rare, it is not uncommon in B. ubonensis, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. We established that carbapenem resistance in B. ubonensis is due to an inducible class A PenB β-lactamase, as has been shown for other Bcc bacteria. Inducibility is not sufficient for high-level resistance but also requires other determinants, such as a PenB that is more robust than that present in susceptible isolates, as well as other resistance factors. Curiously and diagnostic for the two complexes, both Bpc and Bcc bacteria contain distinct annotated PenA class A β-lactamases. However, the protein from Bcc bacteria is missing its essential active-site serine and, therefore, is not a β-lactamase. Regulated expression of a transcriptional penB'-lacZ (β-galactosidase) fusion in the B. pseudomallei surrogate B. thailandensis confirms that although Bpc bacteria lack an inducible β-lactamase, they contain the components required for responding to aberrant peptidoglycan synthesis resulting from β-lactam challenge. Understanding the diversity of antimicrobial resistance in Burkholderia species is informative about how the challenges arising from potential resistance transfer between them can be met.IMPORTANCEBurkholderia pseudomallei causes melioidosis, a tropical disease that is highly fatal if not properly treated. Our data show that, in contrast to B. pseudomallei, B. ubonensis β-lactam resistance is fundamentally different because intrinsic resistance is mediated by an inducible class A β-lactamase. This includes resistance to carbapenems. Our work demonstrates that studies with near-neighbor species are informative about the diversity of antimicrobial resistance in Burkholderia and can also provide clues about the potential of resistance transfer between bacteria inhabiting the same environment. Knowledge about potential adverse challenges resulting from the horizontal transfer of resistance genes between members of the two complexes enables the design of effective countermeasures.
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- Nawarat Somprasong
- Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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- Global and Tropical Heath Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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- The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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- The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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- Global and Tropical Heath Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
- Northern Territory Medical Program, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Palmer T, Stansfeld PJ. Targeting of proteins to the twin-arginine translocation pathway. Mol Microbiol 2020; 113:861-871. [PMID: 31971282 PMCID: PMC7317946 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 01/12/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The twin-arginine protein transport (Tat pathway) is found in prokaryotes and plant organelles and transports folded proteins across membranes. Targeting of substrates to the Tat system is mediated by the presence of an N-terminal signal sequence containing a highly conserved twin-arginine motif. The Tat machinery comprises membrane proteins from the TatA and TatC families. Assembly of the Tat translocon is dynamic and is triggered by the interaction of a Tat substrate with the Tat receptor complex. This review will summarise recent advances in our understanding of Tat transport, focusing in particular on the roles played by Tat signal peptides in protein targeting and translocation.
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- Tracy Palmer
- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Molecular and Cellular Microbiology Theme, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
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- School of Life Sciences and Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Lim HC, Bernhardt TG. A PopZ-linked apical recruitment assay for studying protein-protein interactions in the bacterial cell envelope. Mol Microbiol 2019; 112:1757-1768. [PMID: 31550057 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Most bacteria are surrounded by a complex cell envelope. As with many biological processes, studies of envelope assembly have benefited from cell-based assays for detecting protein-protein interactions. These assays use simple readouts and lack a protein purification requirement, making them ideal for early stage investigations. The most widely used two-hybrid interaction assay for proteins involved in envelope biogenesis is based on the reconstitution of adenylate cyclase activity from a split enzyme. Because adenylate cyclase is only functional in the cytoplasm, both protein fusions used in the assay must have a terminus located in this compartment. However, many envelope assembly factors are wholly extracytoplasmic. Detecting interactions involving such proteins using two-hybrid systems has therefore been problematic. To address this issue, we developed a cytological assay in Escherichia coli based on PopZ from Caulobacter crescentus. Here, we demonstrate the utility of this PopZ-Linked Apical Recruitment (POLAR) method for detecting interactions between proteins located in different cellular compartments. Additionally, we report that recruitment of an active peptidoglycan synthase to the cell pole is detrimental for E. coli and that interactions between proteins in the inner and outer membranes of the Gram-negative envelope may provide a mechanism for recruiting protein complexes to subpolar sites.
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- Hoong Chuin Lim
- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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Engineering selective competitors for the discrimination of highly conserved protein-protein interaction modules. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4521. [PMID: 31586061 PMCID: PMC6778148 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12528-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Designing highly specific modulators of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) is especially challenging in the context of multiple paralogs and conserved interaction surfaces. In this case, direct generation of selective and competitive inhibitors is hindered by high similarity within the evolutionary-related protein interfaces. We report here a strategy that uses a semi-rational approach to separate the modulator design into two functional parts. We first achieve specificity toward a region outside of the interface by using phage display selection coupled with molecular and cellular validation. Highly selective competition is then generated by appending the more degenerate interaction peptide to contact the target interface. We apply this approach to specifically bind a single PDZ domain within the postsynaptic protein PSD-95 over highly similar PDZ domains in PSD-93, SAP-97 and SAP-102. Our work provides a paralog-selective and domain specific inhibitor of PSD-95, and describes a method to efficiently target other conserved PPI modules. Developing inhibitors that target specific protein-protein interactions (PPIs) is challenging. Here, the authors show that target selectivity and PPI blocking can be achieved simultaneously with PPI inhibitors that contain two functional modules, and create a paralog-selective PSD-95 inhibitor as proof-of-concept.
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Cranford-Smith T, Huber D. The way is the goal: how SecA transports proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane in bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 365:4969678. [PMID: 29790985 PMCID: PMC5963308 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fny093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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In bacteria, translocation of most soluble secreted proteins (and outer membrane proteins in Gram-negative bacteria) across the cytoplasmic membrane by the Sec machinery is mediated by the essential ATPase SecA. At its core, this machinery consists of SecA and the integral membrane proteins SecYEG, which form a protein conducting channel in the membrane. Proteins are recognised by the Sec machinery by virtue of an internally encoded targeting signal, which usually takes the form of an N-terminal signal sequence. In addition, substrate proteins must be maintained in an unfolded conformation in the cytoplasm, prior to translocation, in order to be competent for translocation through SecYEG. Recognition of substrate proteins occurs via SecA—either through direct recognition by SecA or through secondary recognition by a molecular chaperone that delivers proteins to SecA. Substrate proteins are then screened for the presence of a functional signal sequence by SecYEG. Proteins with functional signal sequences are translocated across the membrane in an ATP-dependent fashion. The current research investigating each of these steps is reviewed here.
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- Tamar Cranford-Smith
- Institute for Microbiology and Infection School of Biosciences University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute for Microbiology and Infection School of Biosciences University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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Karyolaimos A, Ampah-Korsah H, Hillenaar T, Mestre Borras A, Dolata KM, Sievers S, Riedel K, Daniels R, de Gier JW. Enhancing Recombinant Protein Yields in the E. coli Periplasm by Combining Signal Peptide and Production Rate Screening. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1511. [PMID: 31396164 PMCID: PMC6664373 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Proteins that contain disulfide bonds mainly mature in the oxidative environment of the eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum or the periplasm of Gram-negative bacteria. In E. coli, disulfide bond containing recombinant proteins are often targeted to the periplasm by an N-terminal signal peptide that is removed once it passes through the Sec-translocon in the cytoplasmic membrane. Despite their conserved targeting function, signal peptides can impact recombinant protein production yields in the periplasm, as can the production rate. Here, we present a combined screen involving different signal peptides and varying production rates that enabled the identification of more optimal conditions for periplasmic production of recombinant proteins with disulfide bonds. The data was generated from two targets, a single chain antibody fragment (BL1) and human growth hormone (hGH), with four different signal peptides and a titratable rhamnose promoter-based system that enables the tuning of protein production rates. Across the screen conditions, the yields for both targets significantly varied, and the optimal signal peptide and rhamnose concentration differed for each protein. Under the optimal conditions, the periplasmic BL1 and hGH were properly folded and active. Our study underpins the importance of combinatorial screening approaches for addressing the requirements associated with the production of a recombinant protein in the periplasm.
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- Alexandros Karyolaimos
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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The formation of disulfide bonds is critical to the folding of many extracytoplasmic proteins in all domains of life. With the discovery in the early 1990s that disulfide bond formation is catalyzed by enzymes, the field of oxidative folding of proteins was born. Escherichia coli played a central role as a model organism for the elucidation of the disulfide bond-forming machinery. Since then, many of the enzymatic players and their mechanisms of forming, breaking, and shuffling disulfide bonds have become understood in greater detail. This article summarizes the discoveries of the past 3 decades, focusing on disulfide bond formation in the periplasm of the model prokaryotic host E. coli.
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Posttranslational Targeting of a Recombinant Protein Promotes Its Efficient Secretion into the Escherichia coli Periplasm. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:AEM.00671-19. [PMID: 31003980 PMCID: PMC6581171 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00671-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Many recombinant proteins that are produced in Escherichia coli have to be targeted to the periplasm to be functional. N-terminal signal peptides can be used to direct recombinant proteins to the membrane-embedded Sec translocon, a multiprotein complex that translocates proteins across the membrane into the periplasm. We have recently shown that the cotranslational targeting of the single-chain variable antibody fragment BL1 saturates the capacity of the Sec translocon leading to impaired translocation of secretory proteins and protein misfolding/aggregation in the cytoplasm. In turn, protein production yields and biomass formation were low. Here, we study the consequences of targeting BL1 posttranslationally to the Sec translocon. Notably, the posttranslational targeting of BL1 does not saturate the Sec translocon capacity, and both biomass formation and protein production yields are increased. Analyzing the proteome of cells producing the posttranslationally targeted BL1 indicates that the decreased synthesis of endogenous secretory and membrane proteins prevents a saturation of the Sec translocon capacity. Furthermore, in these cells, highly abundant chaperones and proteases can clear misfolded/aggregated proteins from the cytoplasm, thereby improving the fitness of these cells. Thus, the posttranslational targeting of BL1 enables its efficient production in the periplasm due to a favorable adaptation of the E. coli proteome. We envisage that our observations can be used to engineer E. coli for the improved production of recombinant secretory proteins.IMPORTANCE The bacterium Escherichia coli is widely used to produce recombinant proteins. To fold properly, many recombinant proteins have to be targeted to the E. coli periplasm, but so far the impact of the targeting pathway of a recombinant protein to the periplasm has not been extensively investigated. Here, we show that the targeting pathway of a recombinant antibody fragment has a tremendous impact on cell physiology, ultimately affecting protein production yields in the periplasm and biomass formation. This indicates that studying the targeting and secretion of proteins into the periplasm could be used to design strategies to improve recombinant protein production yields.
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Santos BD, Morones-Ramirez JR, Balderas-Renteria I, Casillas-Vega NG, Galbraith DW, Zarate X. Optimizing Periplasmic Expression in Escherichia coli for the Production of Recombinant Proteins Tagged with the Small Metal-Binding Protein SmbP. Mol Biotechnol 2019; 61:451-460. [PMID: 30997666 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-019-00176-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We have previously shown that the small metal-binding protein (SmbP) extracted from the gram-negative bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea can be employed as a fusion protein for the expression and purification of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli. With the goal of increasing the amounts of SmbP-tagged proteins produced in the E. coli periplasm, we replaced the native SmbP signal peptide with three different signal sequences: two were from the proteins CusF and PelB, for transport via the Sec pathway, and one was the signal peptide from TorA, for transport via the Tat pathway. Expression of SmbP-tagged Red Fluorescent Protein (RFP) using these three alternative signal peptides individually showed a considerable increase in protein levels in the periplasm of E. coli as compared to its level using the SmbP signal sequence. Therefore, for routine periplasmic expression and purification of recombinant proteins in E. coli, we highly recommend the use of the fusion proteins PelB-SmbP or CusF-SmbP, since these signal sequences increase periplasmic production considerably as compared to the wild-type. Our work, finally, demonstrates that periplasmic expression for SmbP-tagged proteins is not limited to the Sec pathway, in that the TorA-SmbP construct can export reasonable quantities of folded proteins to the periplasm. Although the Sec route has been the most widely used, sometimes, depending on the nature of the protein of interest, for example, if it contains cofactors, it is more appropriate to consider using the Tat route over the Sec. SmbP therefore can be recommended in terms of its particular versatility when combined with signal peptides for the two different routes.
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- Bryan D Santos
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Centro de Investigacion en Biotecnologia y Nanotecnologia, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Parque de Investigacion e Innovacion Tecnologica, 66629, Apodaca, NL, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Centro de Investigacion en Biotecnologia y Nanotecnologia, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Parque de Investigacion e Innovacion Tecnologica, 66629, Apodaca, NL, Mexico
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- Departamento de Patologia Clinica, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, 64460, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
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- School of Plant Sciences and BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico.
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Centro de Investigacion en Biotecnologia y Nanotecnologia, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Parque de Investigacion e Innovacion Tecnologica, 66629, Apodaca, NL, Mexico.
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Mutagenesis of DsbAss is Crucial for the Signal Recognition Particle Mechanism in Escherichia coli: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Biomolecules 2019; 9:biom9040133. [PMID: 30987187 PMCID: PMC6523802 DOI: 10.3390/biom9040133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2019] [Revised: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The disulfide bond signal sequence (DsbAss) protein is characterized as an important virulence factor in gram-negative bacteria. This study aimed to analyze the "alanine" alteration in the hydrophobic (H) region of DsbAss and to understand the conformational DsbAss alteration(s) inside the fifty-four homolog (Ffh)-binding groove which were revealed to be crucial for translocation of ovine growth hormone (OGH) to the periplasmic space in Escherichia coli via the secretory (Sec) pathway. An experimental design was used to explore the hydrophobicity and alteration of alanine (Ala) to isoleucine (Ile) in the tripartite structure of DsbAss. As a result, two DsbAss mutants (Ala at positions -11 and -13) with same hydrophobicity of 1.539 led to the conflicting translocation of the active OGH gene. We performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and molecular mechanics generalized born surface area (MM-GBSA) binding free energy calculations to examine the interaction energetic and dynamic aspects of DsbAss/signal repetition particle 54 (SRP54) binding, which has a principle role in Escherichia coli Sec pathways. Although both DsbAss mutants retained helicity, the MD simulation analysis evidenced that altering Ala-13 changed the orientation of the signal peptide in the Ffh M binding domain groove, favored more stable interaction energies (MM-GBSA ΔGtotal = -140.62 kcal mol-1), and hampered the process of OGH translocation, while Ala-11 pointed outward due to unstable conformation and less binding energy (ΔGtotal = -124.24 kcal mol-1). Here we report the dynamic behavior of change of "alanine" in the H-domain of DsbAss which affects the process of translocation of OGH, where MD simulation and MM-GBSA can be useful initial tools to investigate the virulence of bacteria.
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Doozandeh-Juibari A, Ghovvati S, Vaziri HR, Sohani MM, Pezeshkian Z. Cloning, Expression, Purification and Evaluation of the Biological Properties of the Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (hGH) in Escherichia coli. Int J Pept Res Ther 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10989-019-09854-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Leow HC, Fischer K, Leow YC, Braet K, Cheng Q, McCarthy J. Cytoplasmic and periplasmic expression of recombinant shark VNAR antibody in Escherichia coli. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2019; 49:315-327. [DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2019.1566145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Herng C. Leow
- Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- Clinical Tropical Medicine Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Research, BioMARIC, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- Clinical Tropical Medicine Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- Department of Drug Resistance Diagnostics, Australian Army Malaria Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Clinical Tropical Medicine Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Kasli IM, Thomas ORT, Overton TW. Use of a design of experiments approach to optimise production of a recombinant antibody fragment in the periplasm of Escherichia coli: selection of signal peptide and optimal growth conditions. AMB Express 2019; 9:5. [PMID: 30617435 PMCID: PMC6323050 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-018-0727-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Production of recombinant proteins such as antibody fragments in the periplasm of the bacterium Escherichia coli has a number of advantages, including the ability to form disulphide bonds, aiding correct folding, and the relative ease of release and subsequent capture and purification. In this study, we employed two N-terminal signal peptides, PelB and DsbA, to direct a recombinant scFv antibody (single-chain variable fragment), 13R4, to the periplasm via the Sec and SRP pathways respectively. A design of experiments (DoE) approach was used to optimise process conditions (temperature, inducer concentration and induction point) influencing bacterial physiology and the productivity, solubility and location of scFv. The DoE study indicated that titre and subcellular location of the scFv depend on the temperature and inducer concentration employed, and also revealed the superiority of the PelB signal peptide over the DsbA signal peptide in terms of scFv solubility and cell physiology. Baffled shake flasks were subsequently used to optimise scFv production at higher biomass concentrations. Conditions that minimised stress (low temperature) were shown to be beneficial to production of periplasmic scFv. This study highlights the importance of signal peptide selection and process optimisation for the production of scFv antibodies, and demonstrates the utility of DoE for selection of optimal process parameters.
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Production of extracellular PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis using sec-dependent signal peptides in E. coli. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2019; 508:250-255. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.11.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Leow CH, Fischer K, Leow CY, Braet K, Cheng Q, McCarthy J. Isolation and characterization of malaria PfHRP2 specific V NAR antibody fragments from immunized shark phage display library. Malar J 2018; 17:383. [PMID: 30355309 PMCID: PMC6201582 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2531-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) represent an important antibody based immunoassay platform. Unfortunately, conventional monoclonal antibodies are subject to degradation shortening shelf lives of RDTs. The variable region of the receptor (VNAR) from shark has a potential as alternative to monoclonal antibodies in RDTs due to high thermal stability. METHODS In this study, new binders derived from shark VNAR domains library were investigated. Following immunization of a wobbegong shark (Orectolobus ornatus) with three recombinant malaria biomarker proteins (PfHRP2, PfpLDH and Pvaldolase), a single domain antibody (sdAb) library was constructed from splenocytes. Target-specific VNAR phage were isolated by panning. One specific clone was selected for expression in Escherichia coli expression system, and study of binding reactivity undertaken. RESULTS The primary VNAR domain library possessed a titre of 1.16 × 106 pfu/mL. DNA sequence analysis showed 82.5% of isolated fragments appearing to contain an in-frame sequence. After multiple rounds of biopanning, a highly dominant clone specific to PfHRP2 was identified and selected for protein production in an E. coli expression system. Biological characterization showed the recombinant protein expressed in periplasmic has better detection sensitivity than that of cytoplasmic proteins. Assays of binding activity indicated that its reactivity was inferior to the positive control mAb C1-13. CONCLUSIONS Target-specific bacteriophage VNARs were successfully isolated after a series of immunization, demonstrating that phage display technology is a useful tool for selection of antigen binders. Generation of new binding reagents such as VNAR antibodies that specifically recognize the malaria biomarkers represents an appealing approach to improve the performance of RDTs.
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- Chiuan Herng Leow
- Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Research, BioMARIC, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- Australian Army Malaria Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Paul D. Riggs
- New England Biolabs, Inc., Research; Ipswich Massachusetts
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Optimizing Recombinant Protein Production in the Escherichia coli Periplasm Alleviates Stress. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:AEM.00270-18. [PMID: 29654183 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00270-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 04/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In Escherichia coli, many recombinant proteins are produced in the periplasm. To direct these proteins to this compartment, they are equipped with an N-terminal signal sequence so that they can traverse the cytoplasmic membrane via the protein-conducting Sec translocon. Recently, using the single-chain variable antibody fragment BL1, we have shown that harmonizing the target gene expression intensity with the Sec translocon capacity can be used to improve the production yields of a recombinant protein in the periplasm. Here, we have studied the consequences of improving the production of BL1 in the periplasm by using a proteomics approach. When the target gene expression intensity is not harmonized with the Sec translocon capacity, the impaired translocation of secretory proteins, protein misfolding/aggregation in the cytoplasm, and an inefficient energy metabolism result in poor growth and low protein production yields. The harmonization of the target gene expression intensity with the Sec translocon capacity results in normal growth, enhanced protein production yields, and, surprisingly, a composition of the proteome that is-besides the produced target-the same as that of cells with an empty expression vector. Thus, the single-chain variable antibody fragment BL1 can be efficiently produced in the periplasm without causing any notable detrimental effects to the production host. Finally, we show that under the optimized conditions, a small fraction of the target protein is released into the extracellular milieu via outer membrane vesicles. We envisage that our observations can be used to design strategies to further improve the production of secretory recombinant proteins in E. coliIMPORTANCE The bacterium Escherichia coli is widely used to produce recombinant proteins. Usually, trial-and-error-based screening approaches are used to identify conditions that lead to high recombinant protein production yields. Here, for the production of an antibody fragment in the periplasm of E. coli, we show that an optimization of its production is accompanied by the alleviation of stress. This indicates that the monitoring of stress responses could be used to facilitate enhanced recombinant protein production yields.
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Selas Castiñeiras T, Williams SG, Hitchcock A, Cole JA, Smith DC, Overton TW. Development of a generic β-lactamase screening system for improved signal peptides for periplasmic targeting of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli. Sci Rep 2018; 8:6986. [PMID: 29725125 PMCID: PMC5934370 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25192-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Targeting of recombinant proteins to the Escherichia coli periplasm is a desirable industrial processing tool to allow formation of disulphide bonds, aid folding and simplify recovery. Proteins are targeted across the inner membrane to the periplasm by an N-terminal signal peptide. The sequence of the signal peptide determines its functionality, but there is no method to predict signal peptide function for specific recombinant proteins, so multiple signal peptides must be screened for their ability to translocate each recombinant protein, limiting throughput. We present a screening system for optimising signal peptides for translocation of a single chain variable (scFv) antibody fragment employing TEM1 β-lactamase (Bla) as a C-terminal reporter of periplasmic localisation. The Pectobacterium carotovorum PelB signal peptide was selected as the starting point for a mutagenic screen. β-lactamase was fused to the C-terminal of scFv and β-lactamase activity was correlated against scFv translocation. Signal peptide libraries were generated and screened for β-lactamase activity, which correlated well to scFv::Bla production, although only some high activity clones had improved periplasmic translocation of scFv::Bla. Selected signal peptides were investigated in fed-batch fermentations for production and translocation of scFv::Bla and scFv without the Bla fusion. Improved signal peptides increased periplasmic scFv activity by ~40%.
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- Tania Selas Castiñeiras
- Cobra Biologics, Stephenson Building, The Science Park, Keele, ST5 5SP, UK.,School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.,Institute of Microbiology & Infection, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Cobra Biologics, Stephenson Building, The Science Park, Keele, ST5 5SP, UK
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- Cobra Biologics, Stephenson Building, The Science Park, Keele, ST5 5SP, UK
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- Institute of Microbiology & Infection, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.,School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Cobra Biologics, Stephenson Building, The Science Park, Keele, ST5 5SP, UK
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. .,Institute of Microbiology & Infection, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
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Kleiner-Grote GRM, Risse JM, Friehs K. Secretion of recombinant proteins from E. coli. Eng Life Sci 2018; 18:532-550. [PMID: 32624934 DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201700200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The microorganism Escherichia coli is commonly used for recombinant protein production. Despite several advantageous characteristics like fast growth and high protein yields, its inability to easily secrete recombinant proteins into the extracellular medium remains a drawback for industrial production processes. To overcome this limitation, a multitude of approaches to enhance the extracellular yield and the secretion efficiency of recombinant proteins have been developed in recent years. Here, a comprehensive overview of secretion mechanisms for recombinant proteins from E. coli is given and divided into three main sections. First, the structure of the E. coli cell envelope and the known natural secretion systems are described. Second, the use and optimization of different one- or two-step secretion systems for recombinant protein production, as well as further permeabilization methods are discussed. Finally, the often-overlooked role of cell lysis in secretion studies and its analysis are addressed. So far, effective approaches for increasing the extracellular protein concentration to more than 10 g/L and almost 100% secretion efficiency exist, however, the large range of optimization methods and their combinations suggests that the potential for secretory protein production from E. coli has not yet been fully realized.
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- Fermentation Engineering Bielefeld University Bielefeld Germany.,Center for Biotechnology Bielefeld University Bielefeld Germany
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- Fermentation Engineering Bielefeld University Bielefeld Germany.,Center for Biotechnology Bielefeld University Bielefeld Germany
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Tsirigotaki A, Chatzi KE, Koukaki M, De Geyter J, Portaliou AG, Orfanoudaki G, Sardis MF, Trelle MB, Jørgensen TJD, Karamanou S, Economou A. Long-Lived Folding Intermediates Predominate the Targeting-Competent Secretome. Structure 2018; 26:695-707.e5. [PMID: 29606594 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2018.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Secretory preproteins carry signal peptides fused amino-terminally to mature domains. They are post-translationally targeted to cross the plasma membrane in non-folded states with the help of translocases, and fold only at their final destinations. The mechanism of this process of postponed folding is unknown, but is generally attributed to signal peptides and chaperones. We herein demonstrate that, during targeting, most mature domains maintain loosely packed folding intermediates. These largely soluble states are signal peptide independent and essential for translocase recognition. These intermediates are promoted by mature domain features: residue composition, elevated disorder, and reduced hydrophobicity. Consequently, a mature domain folds slower than its cytoplasmic structural homolog. Some mature domains could not evolve stable, loose intermediates, and hence depend on signal peptides for slow folding to the detriment of solubility. These unique features of secretory proteins impact our understanding of protein trafficking, folding, and aggregation, and thus place them in a distinct class.
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- Alexandra Tsirigotaki
- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FoRTH, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FoRTH, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Trundová M, Kovaľ T, Owens RJ, Fejfarová K, Dušková J, Kolenko P, Dohnálek J. Highly stable single-strand-specific 3'-nuclease/nucleotidase from Legionella pneumophila. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 114:776-787. [PMID: 29580999 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.03.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Revised: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The Gram-negative bacterium Legionella pneumophila is one of the known opportunistic human pathogens with a gene coding for a zinc-dependent S1-P1 type nuclease. Bacterial zinc-dependent 3'-nucleases/nucleotidases are little characterized and not fully understood, including L. pneumophila nuclease 1 (Lpn1), in contrast to many eukaryotic representatives with in-depth studies available. To help explain the principle properties and role of these enzymes in intracellular prokaryotic pathogens we have designed and optimized a heterologous expression protocol utilizing E. coli together with an efficient purification procedure, and performed detailed characterization of the enzyme. Replacement of Ni2+ ions by Zn2+ ions in affinity purification proved to be a crucial step in the production of pure and stable protein. The production protocol provides protein with high yield, purity, stability, and solubility for structure-function studies. We show that highly thermostable Lpn1 is active mainly towards RNA and ssDNA, with pH optima 7.0 and 6.0, respectively, with low activity towards dsDNA; the enzyme features pronounced substrate inhibition. Bioinformatic and experimental analysis, together with computer modeling and electrostatics calculations point to an unusually high positive charge on the enzyme surface under optimal conditions for catalysis. The results help explain the catalytic properties of Lpn1 and its substrate inhibition.
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- Mária Trundová
- Laboratory of Structure and Function of Biomolecules, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Biocev, Průmyslová 595, 25250 Vestec, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Structure and Function of Biomolecules, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Biocev, Průmyslová 595, 25250 Vestec, Czech Republic.
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- OPPF-UK, The Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK.
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- Laboratory of Structure and Function of Biomolecules, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Biocev, Průmyslová 595, 25250 Vestec, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Structure and Function of Biomolecules, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Biocev, Průmyslová 595, 25250 Vestec, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Structure and Function of Biomolecules, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Biocev, Průmyslová 595, 25250 Vestec, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Structure and Function of Biomolecules, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Biocev, Průmyslová 595, 25250 Vestec, Czech Republic.
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Inoue A. Characterization of PL-7 Family Alginate Lyases From Marine Organisms and Their Applications. Methods Enzymol 2018; 605:499-524. [PMID: 29909836 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2018.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Alginate, an anionic heteropolysaccharide extracted from natural brown algae, has useful properties for the food, chemical, medical, and agricultural industries. Degradation of alginate by alginate lyase is a key process to produce unsaturated oligoalginate and unsaturated monosaccharide 4-deoxy-l-erythro-5-hexoseulose uronic acid. Alginate lyases belonging to the polysaccharide lyase family 7 have been found in, and isolated from, organisms thriving in various environments. Furthermore, research on their function and structure has also progressed well. Here, the preparation of native and recombinant PL-7 alginate lyases and the methods for evaluation of enzymatic activity are summarized. Examples of PL-7 alginate lyase applications are also described.
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Gonsberg A, Jung S, Ulbrich S, Origi A, Ziska A, Baier M, Koch HG, Zimmermann R, Winklhofer KF, Tatzelt J. The Sec61/SecY complex is inherently deficient in translocating intrinsically disordered proteins. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:21383-21396. [PMID: 29084847 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.788067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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About one-quarter to nearly one-third of the proteins synthesized in the cytosol of eukaryotic cells are integrated into the plasma membrane or are secreted. Translocation of secretory proteins into the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum or the periplasm of bacteria is mediated by a highly conserved heterotrimeric membrane protein complex denoted Sec61 in eukaryotes and SecYEG in bacteria. To evaluate a possible modulation of the translocation efficiency by secondary structures of the nascent peptide chain, we performed a comparative analysis in bacteria, yeast, and mammalian cells. Strikingly, neither the bacterial SecY nor the eukaryotic Sec61 translocon was able to efficiently transport proteins entirely composed of intrinsically disordered domains (IDDs) or β-strands. However, translocation could be restored by α-helical domains in a position- and organism-dependent manner. In bacteria, we found that the α-helical domains have to precede the IDD or β-strands, whereas in mammalian cells, C-terminally located α-helical domains are sufficient to promote translocation. Our study reveals an evolutionarily conserved deficiency of the Sec61/SecY complex to translocate IDDs and β-strands in the absence of α-helical domains. Moreover, our results may suggest that adaptive pathways co-evolved with the expansion of IDDs in the proteome of eukaryotic cells to increase the transport capacity of the Sec61 translocon.
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- Anika Gonsberg
- From the Departments of Biochemistry of Neurodegenerative Diseases and
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- From the Departments of Biochemistry of Neurodegenerative Diseases and
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- From the Departments of Biochemistry of Neurodegenerative Diseases and
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- the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saarland University, D-66421 Homburg, Germany, and
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- the Research Group Proteinopathies/Neurodegenerative Diseases, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch-Institut, D-13353 Berlin, Germany
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- the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saarland University, D-66421 Homburg, Germany, and
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44801 Bochum, Germany
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- From the Departments of Biochemistry of Neurodegenerative Diseases and
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Wang S, Yang CI, Shan SO. SecA mediates cotranslational targeting and translocation of an inner membrane protein. J Cell Biol 2017; 216:3639-3653. [PMID: 28928132 PMCID: PMC5674894 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201704036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Proteins are thought to be delivered to the bacterial plasma membrane cotranslationally by signal recognition particle or posttranslationally by SecA. Wang et al. identify a new membrane protein–targeting pathway in bacteria in which SecA cotranslationally recognizes and targets the inner membrane protein RodZ, which harbors an internal transmembrane domain. Protein targeting to the bacterial plasma membrane was generally thought to occur via two major pathways: cotranslational targeting by signal recognition particle (SRP) and posttranslational targeting by SecA and SecB. Recently, SecA was found to also bind ribosomes near the nascent polypeptide exit tunnel, but the function of this SecA–ribosome contact remains unclear. In this study, we show that SecA cotranslationally recognizes the nascent chain of an inner membrane protein, RodZ, with high affinity and specificity. In vitro reconstitution and in vivo targeting assays show that SecA is necessary and sufficient to direct the targeting and translocation of RodZ to the bacterial plasma membrane in an obligatorily cotranslational mechanism. Sequence elements upstream and downstream of the RodZ transmembrane domain dictate nascent polypeptide selection by SecA instead of the SRP machinery. These findings identify a new route for the targeting of inner membrane proteins in bacteria and highlight the diversity of targeting pathways that enables an organism to accommodate diverse nascent proteins.
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- Shuai Wang
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
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Improving Fab' fragment retention in an autonucleolytic Escherichia coli strain by swapping periplasmic nuclease translocation signal from OmpA to DsbA. Biotechnol Lett 2017; 39:1865-1873. [PMID: 28875244 PMCID: PMC5674116 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-017-2425-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Objectives To reduce unwanted Fab’ leakage from an autonucleolytic Escherichia coli strain, which co-expresses OmpA-signalled Staphylococcal nuclease and Fab’ fragment in the periplasm, by substituting in Serratial nuclease and the DsbA periplasm translocation signal as alternatives. Results We attempted to genetically fuse a nuclease from Serratia marcescens to the OmpA signal peptide but plasmid construction failed, possibly due to toxicity of the resultant nuclease. Combining Serratial nuclease to the DsbA signal peptide was successful. The strain co-expressing this nuclease and periplasmic Fab’ grew in complex media and exhibited nuclease activity detectable by DNAse agar plate but its growth in defined medium was retarded. Fab’ coexpression with Staphylococcal nuclease fused to the DsbA signal peptide resulted in cells exhibiting nuclease activity and growth in defined medium. In cultivation to high cell density in a 5 l bioreactor, DsbA-fused Staphylococcal nuclease co-expression coincided with reduced Fab’ leakage relative to the original autonucleolytic Fab’ strain with OmpA-fused staphylococcal nuclease. Conclusions We successfully rescued Fab’ leakage back to acceptable levels and established a basis for future investigation of the linkage between periplasmic nuclease expression and leakage of co-expressed periplasmic Fab’ fragment to the surrounding growth media.
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The general secretory pathway (Sec) and twin-arginine translocase (Tat) operate in parallel to export proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane of prokaryotes and the thylakoid membrane of plant chloroplasts. Substrates are targeted to their respective machineries by N-terminal signal peptides that share a tripartite organization; however, Tat signal peptides harbor a conserved and almost invariant arginine pair that is critical for efficient targeting to the Tat machinery. Tat signal peptides interact with a membrane-bound receptor complex comprised of TatB and TatC components, with TatC containing the twin-arginine recognition site. Here, we isolated suppressors in the signal peptide of the Tat substrate, SufI, that restored Tat transport in the presence of inactivating substitutions in the TatC twin-arginine binding site. These suppressors increased signal peptide hydrophobicity, and copurification experiments indicated that they restored binding to the variant TatBC complex. The hydrophobic suppressors could also act in cis to suppress substitutions at the signal peptide twin-arginine motif that normally prevent targeting to the Tat pathway. Highly hydrophobic variants of the SufI signal peptide containing four leucine substitutions retained the ability to interact with the Tat system. The hydrophobic signal peptides of two Sec substrates, DsbA and OmpA, containing twin lysine residues, were shown to mediate export by the Tat pathway and to copurify with TatBC. These findings indicate that there is unprecedented overlap between Sec and Tat signal peptides and that neither the signal peptide twin-arginine motif nor the TatC twin-arginine recognition site is an essential mechanistic feature for operation of the Tat pathway.IMPORTANCE Protein export is an essential process in all prokaryotes. The Sec and Tat export pathways operate in parallel, with the Sec machinery transporting unstructured precursors and the Tat pathway transporting folded proteins. Proteins are targeted to the Tat pathway by N-terminal signal peptides that contain an almost invariant twin-arginine motif. Here, we make the surprising discovery that the twin arginines are not essential for recognition of substrates by the Tat machinery and that this requirement can be bypassed by increasing the signal peptide hydrophobicity. We further show that signal peptides of bona fide Sec substrates can also mediate transport by the Tat pathway. Our findings suggest that key features of the Tat targeting mechanism have evolved to prevent mistargeting of substrates to the Sec pathway rather than being a critical requirement for function of the Tat pathway.
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Tsang MJ, Yakhnina AA, Bernhardt TG. NlpD links cell wall remodeling and outer membrane invagination during cytokinesis in Escherichia coli. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006888. [PMID: 28708841 PMCID: PMC5533458 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Revised: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Cytokinesis in gram-negative bacteria requires the constriction of all three cell envelope layers: the inner membrane (IM), the peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall and the outer membrane (OM). In order to avoid potentially lethal breaches in cell integrity, this dramatic reshaping of the cell surface requires tight coordination of the different envelope remodeling activities of the cytokinetic ring. However, the mechanisms responsible for this coordination remain poorly defined. One of the few characterized regulatory points in the envelope remodeling process is the activation of cell wall hydrolytic enzymes called amidases. These enzymes split cell wall material shared by developing daughter cells to facilitate their eventual separation. In Escherichia coli, amidase activity requires stimulation by one of two partially redundant activators: EnvC, which is associated with the IM, and NlpD, a lipoprotein anchored in the OM. Here, we investigate the regulation of amidase activation by NlpD. Structure-function analysis revealed that the OM localization of NlpD is critical for regulating its amidase activation activity. To identify additional factors involved in the NlpD cell separation pathway, we also developed a genetic screen using a flow cytometry-based enrichment procedure. This strategy allowed us to isolate mutants that form long chains of unseparated cells specifically when the redundant EnvC pathway is inactivated. The screen implicated the Tol-Pal system and YraP in NlpD activation. The Tol-Pal system is thought to promote OM invagination at the division site. YraP is a conserved protein of unknown function that we have identified as a new OM-localized component of the cytokinetic ring. Overall, our results support a model in which OM and PG remodeling events at the division site are coordinated in part through the coupling of NlpD activation with OM invagination.
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- Mary-Jane Tsang
- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Gupta SK, Shukla P. Sophisticated Cloning, Fermentation, and Purification Technologies for an Enhanced Therapeutic Protein Production: A Review. Front Pharmacol 2017; 8:419. [PMID: 28725194 PMCID: PMC5495827 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The protein productions strategies are crucial towards the development of application based research and elucidating the novel purification strategies for industrial production. Currently, there are few innovative avenues are studies for cloning, upstream, and purification through efficient bioprocess development. Such strategies are beneficial for industries as well as proven to be vital for effectual therapeutic protein development. Though, these techniques are well documented, but, there is scope of addition to current knowledge with novel and new approaches and it will pave new avenues in production of recombinant microbial and non-microbial proteins including secondary metabolites. In this review, we have focussed on the recent development in clone selection, various modern fermentation and purification technologies and future directions in these emerging areas. Moreover, we have also highlighted notable perspectives and challenges involved in the bioengineering of such proteins, including quality by design, gene editing and pioneering ideas. The biopharmaceutical industries continue to shift towards more flexible, automated platforms and economical product development, which in turn can help in developing the cost effective processes and affordable drug development for a large community.
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- Sanjeev K Gupta
- Advanced Biotech Lab, Ipca Laboratories Ltd.,Mumbai, India.,Enzyme Technology and Protein Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand UniversityRohtak, India
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- Enzyme Technology and Protein Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand UniversityRohtak, India
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Many proteins are translocated across the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane in eukaryotes or the plasma membrane in prokaryotes. These proteins use hydrophobic signal sequences or transmembrane (TM) segments to trigger their translocation through the protein-conducting Sec61/SecY channel. Substrates are first directed to the channel by cytosolic targeting factors, which use hydrophobic pockets to bind diverse signal and TM sequences. Subsequently, these hydrophobic sequences insert into the channel, docking into a groove on the outside of the lateral gate of the channel, where they also interact with lipids. Structural data and biochemical experiments have elucidated how channel partners, the ribosome in cotranslational translocation, and the eukaryotic ER chaperone BiP or the prokaryotic cytosolic SecA ATPase in posttranslational translocation move polypeptides unidirectionally across the membrane. Structures of auxiliary components of the bacterial translocon, YidC and SecD/F, provide additional insight. Taken together, these recent advances result in mechanistic models of protein translocation.
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- Tom A Rapoport
- Department of Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; ,
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- Department of Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; ,
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- The Rockefeller University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY 10065;
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Chaperone–substrate interactions monitored via a robust TEM-1 β-lactamase fragment complementation assay. Biotechnol Lett 2017; 39:1191-1199. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-017-2347-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Gholami Tilko P, Hajihassan Z, Moghimi H. Optimization of recombinant β-NGF expression in Escherichia coli using response surface methodology. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2017; 47:406-413. [PMID: 27813712 DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2016.1252927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Human nerve growth factor a member of the neurotrophin family can be used to treat neurodegenerative diseases. As it has disulfide bonds in its structure, periplasmic expression of it using appropriate signal sequence is beneficial. Therefore, in this work β-nerve growth factor (β-NGF) was expressed in Escherichia coli using pET39b expression vector containing DsbA signal sequence. In an initial step, the effect of isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) and lactose concentration as inducer on protein production was investigated using response surface methodology. Then the effect of different postinduction time and temperature on protein production was studied. Our results indicated that the highest β-NGF production was achieved with 1 mM IPTG and low concentrations of lactose (0-2% w/v), low cultivation temperature of 25°C and postinduction time of 2 hr. Also following β-NGF purification, bioassay test using PC12 cell line was done. The biological activity of the purified β-NGF showed a similar cell proliferation activity with the standard recombinant human β-NGF. In conclusion, the results indicated an optimized upstream process to obtain high yields of biologically active β-NGF.
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- Pouria Gholami Tilko
- a Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies , University of Tehran , Tehran , Iran.,b Department of Microbial Biotechnology, School of Biology, College of Science , University of Tehran , Tehran , Iran
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- a Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies , University of Tehran , Tehran , Iran
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- b Department of Microbial Biotechnology, School of Biology, College of Science , University of Tehran , Tehran , Iran
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Chatzi KE, Sardis MF, Tsirigotaki A, Koukaki M, Šoštarić N, Konijnenberg A, Sobott F, Kalodimos CG, Karamanou S, Economou A. Preprotein mature domains contain translocase targeting signals that are essential for secretion. J Cell Biol 2017; 216:1357-1369. [PMID: 28404644 PMCID: PMC5412566 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201609022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Secretory proteins are only temporary cytoplasmic residents. They are typically synthesized as preproteins, carrying signal peptides N-terminally fused to their mature domains. In bacteria secretion largely occurs posttranslationally through the membrane-embedded SecA-SecYEG translocase. Upon crossing the plasma membrane, signal peptides are cleaved off and mature domains reach their destinations and fold. Targeting to the translocase is mediated by signal peptides. The role of mature domains in targeting and secretion is unclear. We now reveal that mature domains harbor their own independent targeting signals (mature domain targeting signals [MTSs]). These are multiple, degenerate, interchangeable, linear or 3D hydrophobic stretches that become available because of the unstructured states of targeting-competent preproteins. Their receptor site on the cytoplasmic face of the SecYEG-bound SecA is also of hydrophobic nature and is located adjacent to the signal peptide cleft. Both the preprotein MTSs and their receptor site on SecA are essential for protein secretion. Evidently, mature domains have their own previously unsuspected distinct roles in preprotein targeting and secretion.
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- Katerina E Chatzi
- Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology FoRTH, Iraklio, 71110 Crete, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Biomolecular and Analytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Biomolecular and Analytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium .,Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology FoRTH, Iraklio, 71110 Crete, Greece
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