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Mudgal S, Manikandan K, Mukherjee A, Krishnan A, Sinha KM. Cyclic di-AMP: Small molecule with big roles in bacteria. Microb Pathog 2021; 161:105264. [PMID: 34715302 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2021.105264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Cyclic dinucleotides are second messengers that are present in all the three domains of life, bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes. These dinucleotides have important physiological and pathophysiological roles in bacteria. Cyclic di-AMP (cdA) is one of the recently discovered cyclic dinucleotides present predominantly in gram-positive bacteria. cdA is synthesized through diadenylate cyclase (DAC) activity from ATP in a two-step process and hydrolyzed to linear dinucleotide pApA (and to 5' AMP in certain cases) by specific phosphodiesterases. cdA regulates various physiological processes like K+ transport and osmotic balance, DNA repair, cell wall homeostasis, drug resistance, central metabolism either by binding directly to the target protein or regulating its expression. It also participates in host-pathogen interaction by binding to host immune receptors ERAdP, RECON, and STING.
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- Sudhanshu Mudgal
- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Haryana, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Haryana, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Haryana, India
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.
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Gupta A, Sinha KM, Abdin MZ, Puri N, Selvapandiyan A. NDK/NME proteins: a host-pathogen interface perspective towards therapeutics. Curr Genet 2021; 68:15-25. [PMID: 34480234 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-021-01198-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Revised: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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No effective vaccine is available for any parasitic disease. The treatment to those is solely dependent on chemotherapy, which is always threatened due to development of drug resistance in bugs. This warrants identification of new drug targets. Here, we discuss Nucleoside diphosphate kinases (NDKs) of pathogens that alter host's intra and extracellular environment, as novel drug targets to simultaneously tackle multiple pathogens. NDKs having diverse functions, are highly conserved among prokaryotes and eukaryotes (the mammal NDKs are called NMEs [non-metastatic enzymes]). However, NDKs and NMEs have been separately analysed in the past for their structure and functions. The role of NDKs of pathogen in modulation of inflammation, phagocytosis, apoptosis, and ROS generation in host is known. Conversely, its combined contribution in host-pathogen interaction has not been studied yet. Through the sequence and domain analysis, we found that NDKs can be classified in two groups. One group comprised NMEs 1-4 and few NDKs of select essential protozoan parasites and the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The other group included NME7 and the other NDKs of those parasites, posing challenges in the development of drugs specifically targeting pathogen NDKs, without affecting NME7. However, common drugs targeting group 2 NDKs of pathogens can be designed, as NME7 of group 2 is expressed only in ciliated host cells. This review thus analyses comparatively for the first time the structures and functions of human NMEs and pathogen NDKs and predicts the possibilities of NDKs as drug targets. In addition, pathogen NDKs have been now provided a nomenclature in alignment with the NMEs of humans.
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- Ankit Gupta
- Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Technology, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122413, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Technology, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India.
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Manikandan K, Prasad D, Srivastava A, Singh N, Dabeer S, Krishnan A, Muniyappa K, Sinha KM. The second messenger cyclic di-AMP negatively regulates the expression of Mycobacterium smegmatis recA and attenuates DNA strand exchange through binding to the C-terminal motif of mycobacterial RecA proteins. Mol Microbiol 2018; 109:600-614. [PMID: 29873124 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Cyclic di-GMP and cyclic di-AMP are second messengers produced by a wide variety of bacteria. They influence bacterial cell survival, biofilm formation, virulence and bacteria-host interactions. However, many of their cellular targets and biological effects are yet to be determined. A chemical proteomics approach revealed that Mycobacterium smegmatis RecA (MsRecA) possesses a high-affinity cyclic di-AMP binding activity. We further demonstrate that both cyclic di-AMP and cyclic di-GMP bind specifically to the C-terminal motif of MsRecA and Mycobacterium tuberculosis RecA (MtRecA). Escherichia coli RecA (EcRecA) was devoid of cyclic di-AMP binding but have cyclic di-GMP binding activity. Notably, cyclic di-AMP attenuates the DNA strand exchange promoted by MsRecA as well as MtRecA through the disassembly of RecA nucleoprotein filaments. However, the structure and DNA strand exchange activity of EcRecA nucleoprotein filaments remain largely unaffected. Furthermore, M. smegmatis ΔdisA cells were found to have undetectable RecA levels due to the translational repression of recA mRNA. Consequently, the ΔdisA mutant exhibited enhanced sensitivity to DNA-damaging agents. Altogether, this study points out the importance of sequence diversity among recA genes, the role(s) of cyclic di-AMP and reveals a new mode of negative regulation of recA gene expression, DNA repair and homologous recombination in mycobacteria.
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- Kasi Manikandan
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, 254 Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase 3, New Delh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, 254 Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase 3, New Delh, India
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- Central Instrument Facility, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, 254 Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase 3, New Delh, India
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, 254 Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase 3, New Delh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, 254 Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase 3, New Delh, India
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Kumar A, Saigal K, Malhotra K, Sinha KM, Taneja B. Structural and functional characterization of Rv2966c protein reveals an RsmD-like methyltransferase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the role of its N-terminal domain in target recognition. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:19652-61. [PMID: 21474448 PMCID: PMC3103344 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.200428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2010] [Revised: 03/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nine of ten methylated nucleotides of Escherichia coli 16 S rRNA are conserved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. All the 10 different methyltransferases are known in E. coli, whereas only TlyA and GidB have been identified in mycobacteria. Here we have identified Rv2966c of M. tuberculosis as an ortholog of RsmD protein of E. coli. We have shown that rv2966c can complement rsmD-deleted E. coli cells. Recombinant Rv2966c can use 30 S ribosomes purified from rsmD-deleted E. coli as substrate and methylate G966 of 16 S rRNA in vitro. Structure determination of the protein shows the protein to be a two-domain structure with a short hairpin domain at the N terminus and a C-terminal domain with the S-adenosylmethionine-MT-fold. We show that the N-terminal hairpin is a minimalist functional domain that helps Rv2966c in target recognition. Deletion of the N-terminal domain prevents binding to nucleic acid substrates, and the truncated protein fails to carry out the m(2)G966 methylation on 16 S rRNA. The N-terminal domain also binds DNA efficiently, a property that may be utilized under specific conditions of cellular growth.
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MESH Headings
- Bacterial Proteins/chemistry
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/metabolism
- Histones/chemistry
- Histones/genetics
- Histones/metabolism
- Methylation
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/enzymology
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genetics
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/metabolism
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- tRNA Methyltransferases/chemistry
- tRNA Methyltransferases/genetics
- tRNA Methyltransferases/metabolism
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- Atul Kumar
- From the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), Mall Road, Delhi University Campus, Delhi 110007 and
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- the Institute of Molecular Medicine, 254, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III, New Delhi 110020 India
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- the Institute of Molecular Medicine, 254, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III, New Delhi 110020 India
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- the Institute of Molecular Medicine, 254, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III, New Delhi 110020 India
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- From the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), Mall Road, Delhi University Campus, Delhi 110007 and
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Sinha KM, Glickman MS, Shuman S. Mutational analysis of Mycobacterium UvrD1 identifies functional groups required for ATP hydrolysis, DNA unwinding, and chemomechanical coupling. Biochemistry 2009; 48:4019-30. [PMID: 19317511 DOI: 10.1021/bi900103d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Mycobacterial UvrD1 is a DNA-dependent ATPase and a Ku-dependent 3' to 5' DNA helicase. The UvrD1 motor domain resembles that of the prototypal superfamily I helicases UvrD and PcrA. Here we performed a mutational analysis of UvrD1 guided by the crystal structure of a DNA-bound Escherichia coli UvrD-ADP-MgF(3) transition state mimetic. Alanine scanning and conservative substitutions identified amino acids essential for both ATP hydrolysis and duplex unwinding, including those implicated in phosphohydrolase chemistry via transition state stabilization (Arg308, Arg648, Gln275), divalent cation coordination (Glu236), or activation of the nucleophilic water (Glu236, Gln275). Other residues important for ATPase/helicase activity include Phe280 and Phe72, which interact with the DNA 3' single strand tail. ATP hydrolysis was uncoupled from duplex unwinding by mutations at Glu609 (in helicase motif V), which contacts the ATP ribose sugar. Introducing alanine in lieu of the adenine-binding "Q motif" glutamine (Gln24) relaxed the substrate specificity in NTP hydrolysis, e.g., eliciting a gain of function as a UTPase/TTPase, although the Q24A mutant still relied on ATP/dATP for duplex unwinding. Our studies highlight the role of the Q motif as a substrate filter and the contributions of adenosine-binding residues as couplers of NTP hydrolysis to motor activity. The Ku-binding function of UvrD1 lies within its C-terminal 270 amino acid segment. Here we found that deleting the 90 amino acid C-terminal domain, which is structurally uncharacterized, diminished DNA unwinding, without affecting ATP hydrolysis or binding to the DNA helicase substrate, apparently by affecting the strength of the UvrD1-Ku interaction.
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- Krishna Murari Sinha
- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10021, USA
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The resection of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in bacteria is a motor-driven process performed by a multisubunit helicase-nuclease complex: either an Escherichia coli-type RecBCD enzyme or a Bacillus-type AddAB enzyme. Here we identify mycobacterial AdnAB as the founder of a new family of heterodimeric helicase-nucleases with distinctive properties. The AdnA and AdnB subunits are each composed of an N-terminal UvrD-like motor domain and a C-terminal nuclease module. The AdnAB ATPase is triggered by dsDNA with free ends and the energy of ATP hydrolysis is coupled to DSB end resection by the AdnAB nuclease. The mycobacterial nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) protein Ku protects DSBs from resection by AdnAB. We find that AdnAB incises ssDNA by measuring the distance from the free 5' end to dictate the sites of cleavage, which are predominantly 5 or 6 nucleotides (nt) from the 5' end. The "molecular ruler" of AdnAB is regulated by ATP, which elicits an increase in ssDNA cleavage rate and a distal displacement of the cleavage sites 16-17 nt from the 5' terminus. AdnAB is a dual nuclease with a clear division of labor between the subunits. Mutations in the nuclease active site of the AdnB subunit ablate the ATP-inducible cleavages; the corresponding changes in AdnA abolish ATP-independent cleavage. Complete suppression of DSB end resection requires simultaneous mutation of both subunit nucleases. The nuclease-null AdnAB is a helicase that unwinds linear plasmid DNA without degrading the displaced single strands. Mutations of the phosphohydrolase active site of the AdnB subunit ablate DNA-dependent ATPase activity, DSB end resection, and ATP-inducible ssDNA cleavage; the equivalent mutations of the AdnA subunit have comparatively little effect. AdnAB is a novel signature of the Actinomycetales taxon. Mycobacteria are exceptional in that they encode both AdnAB and RecBCD, suggesting the existence of alternative end-resecting motor-nuclease complexes.
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- Krishna Murari Sinha
- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10065, USA
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Sinha KM, Stephanou NC, Unciuleac MC, Glickman MS, Shuman S. Domain requirements for DNA unwinding by mycobacterial UvrD2, an essential DNA helicase. Biochemistry 2008; 47:9355-64. [PMID: 18702526 DOI: 10.1021/bi800725q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mycobacterial UvrD2 is a DNA-dependent ATPase with 3' to 5' helicase activity. UvrD2 is an atypical helicase, insofar as its N-terminal ATPase domain resembles the superfamily I helicases UvrD/PcrA, yet it has a C-terminal HRDC domain, which is a feature of RecQ-type superfamily II helicases. The ATPase and HRDC domains are connected by a CxxC-(14)-CxxC tetracysteine module that defines a new clade of UvrD2-like bacterial helicases found only in Actinomycetales. By characterizing truncated versions of Mycobacterium smegmatis UvrD2, we show that whereas the HRDC domain is not required for ATPase or helicase activities in vitro, deletion of the tetracysteine module abolishes duplex unwinding while preserving ATP hydrolysis. Replacing each of the CxxC motifs with a double-alanine variant AxxA had no effect on duplex unwinding, signifying that the domain module, not the cysteines, is crucial for function. The helicase activity of a truncated UvrD2 lacking the tetracysteine and HRDC domains was restored by the DNA-binding protein Ku, a component of the mycobacterial NHEJ system and a cofactor for DNA unwinding by the paralogous mycobacterial helicase UvrD1. Our findings indicate that coupling of ATP hydrolysis to duplex unwinding can be achieved by protein domains acting in cis or trans. Attempts to disrupt the M. smegmatis uvrD2 gene were unsuccessful unless a second copy of uvrD2 was present elsewhere in the chromosome, indicating that UvrD2 is essential for growth of M. smegmatis.
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- Krishna Murari Sinha
- Molecular Biology and Immunology Programs, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10065, USA
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Sinha KM, Stephanou NC, Gao F, Glickman MS, Shuman S. Mycobacterial UvrD1 is a Ku-dependent DNA helicase that plays a role in multiple DNA repair events, including double-strand break repair. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:15114-25. [PMID: 17376770 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m701167200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other bacterial pathogens have a Ku-dependent nonhomologous end joining pathway of DNA double-strand break repair. Here we identify mycobacterial UvrD1 as a novel interaction partner for Ku in a genome-wide yeast two-hybrid screen. UvrD1 per se is a vigorous DNA-dependent ATPase but a feeble DNA helicase. Ku stimulates UvrD1 to catalyze ATP-dependent unwinding of 3'-tailed DNAs. UvrD1, Ku, and DNA form a stable ternary complex in the absence of ATP. The Ku binding determinants are located in the distinctive C-terminal segment of UvrD1. A second mycobacterial paralog, UvrD2, is a vigorous Ku-independent DNA helicase. Ablation of UvrD1 sensitizes Mycobacterium smegmatis to killing by ultraviolet and ionizing radiation and to a single chromosomal break generated by I-SceI endonuclease. The physical and functional interactions of bacterial Ku and UvrD1 highlight the potential for cross-talk between components of nonhomologous end joining and nucleotide excision repair pathways.
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- Krishna Murari Sinha
- Molecular Biology, Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Ray DS, Sinha KM, Hines JC. Distinct localizations and patterns of expression of two mitochondrial DNA ligases in Crithidia fasciculata. FASEB J 2006. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.4.a511-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Dan S. Ray
- MicrobiologyImmunology and Molecular GeneticsUCLA611 Charles E. Young Drive EastLos AngelesCA90095
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- MicrobiologyImmunology and Molecular GeneticsUCLA611 Charles E. Young Drive EastLos AngelesCA90095
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- MicrobiologyImmunology and Molecular GeneticsUCLA611 Charles E. Young Drive EastLos AngelesCA90095
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Sinha KM, Hines JC, Ray DS. Cell cycle-dependent localization and properties of a second mitochondrial DNA ligase in Crithidia fasciculata. Eukaryot Cell 2006; 5:54-61. [PMID: 16400168 PMCID: PMC1360255 DOI: 10.1128/ec.5.1.54-61.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The mitochondrial DNA in kinetoplastid protozoa is contained in a single highly condensed structure consisting of thousands of minicircles and approximately 25 maxicircles. The disk-shaped structure is termed kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) and is located in the mitochondrial matrix near the basal body. We have previously identified a mitochondrial DNA ligase (LIG kbeta) in the trypanosomatid Crithidia fasciculata that localizes to antipodal sites flanking the kDNA disk where several other replication proteins are localized. We describe here a second mitochondrial DNA ligase (LIG kalpha). LIG kalpha localizes to the kinetoplast primarily in cells that have completed mitosis and contain either a dividing kinetoplast or two newly divided kinetoplasts. Essentially all dividing or newly divided kinetoplasts show localization of LIG kalpha. The ligase is present on both faces of the kDNA disk and at a high level in the kinetoflagellar zone of the mitochondrial matrix. Cells containing a single nucleus show localization of the LIG kalpha to the kDNA but at a much lower frequency. The mRNA level of LIG kalpha varies during the cell cycle out of phase with that of LIG kbeta. LIG kalpha transcript levels are maximal during the phase when cells contain two nuclei, whereas LIG kbeta transcript levels are maximal during S phase. The LIG kalpha protein decays with a half-life of 100 min in the absence of protein synthesis. The periodic expression of the LIG kalpha transcript and the instability of the LIG kalpha protein suggest a possible role of the ligase in regulating minicircle replication.
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- Krishna Murari Sinha
- Molecular Biology Institute and Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California at Los Angeles, 301A Paul D. Boyer Hall, 611 Charles Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, California 90095-1570, USA
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Kinetoplast DNA (kDNA), the form of mitochondrial DNA in trypanosomatids, consists of thousands of interlocked circular DNAs organized into a compact disk structure. A type II DNA topoisomerase, a DNA polymerase beta, and a structure-specific endonuclease have been localized to antipodal sites flanking the kDNA disk along with nascent DNA minicircles. We have cloned a gene (LIG k) encoding a mitochondrial DNA ligase in the trypanosomatid Crithidia fasciculata, and we show that an epitope-tagged form of the ligase colocalizes with the other replication proteins at the antipodal sites and also at the two faces of the kDNA disk. DNA LIG k becomes adenylated in reactions with ATP, and the adenylate moiety is removed by incubation with pyrophosphate or nicked DNA. The ligase interacts physically with the beta polymerase and is proposed to be involved in the repair of gaps in the newly synthesized minicircles. In yeast and mammals, a single gene encodes both nuclear and mitochondrial forms of DNA ligase. The LIG K protein sequence has low similarity to mitochondrial DNA ligases in other eukaryotes and is distinct from the C. fasciculata nuclear DNA ligase (LIG I).
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- Krishna Murari Sinha
- Molecular Biology Institute and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Dutta M, Delhi P, Sinha KM, Banerjee R, Datta AK. Lack of abundance of cytoplasmic cyclosporin A-binding protein renders free-living Leishmania donovani resistant to cyclosporin A. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:19294-300. [PMID: 11278494 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m009379200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The majority of the effects of cyclosporin A (CsA) on cells is caused by the inhibition of phosphatase activity of calcineurin (CN) by the cyclophilin A (CyPA)-CsA complex formed in the cytoplasm. Although CsA inhibits the proliferation of a large number of parasites, not all are susceptible. The presence of structurally altered CyPA with lower affinity for CsA had been suggested to be the cause of resistance. We report here the identification and cloning of a high affinity CsA-binding protein (LdCyP) from Leishmania donovani, a trypanosomatid parasite that is naturally resistant to CsA. The translated LdCyP consists of 187 amino acids with a cleavable 21-amino acid hydrophobic NH(2)-terminal extension. Modeling studies confirmed that all the residues of human CyPs responsible for interaction with CsA are sequentially and conformationally conserved in LdCyP. The purified recombinant protein displayed biochemical parameters comparable to human CyPs. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis confirmed that LdCyP was abundantly expressed. Immunoblot experiments and direct CsA binding studies revealed that LdCyP located in the subcellular organelles constituted the bulk of the CsA binding activity present in L. donovani, whereas the level of binding activity in the cytosol was conspicuously low. CsA selectively facilitated the secretion of LdCyP in the culture medium. Based on these results, it is concluded that the insensitivity of L. donovani to CsA is probably due to the paucity of CsA binding activity in the cytoplasm of the parasite. We suggest that LdCyP, located in the secretory pathway, may function as a chaperone by binding to membrane proteins rather than as the mediator of CN inhibition.
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- M Dutta
- Leishmania Group, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4, Raja S. C. Mullick Rd., Kolkata 700 032, India
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Sinha KM, Ghosh M, Das I, Datta AK. Molecular cloning and expression of adenosine kinase from Leishmania donovani: identification of unconventional P-loop motif. Biochem J 1999; 339 ( Pt 3):667-73. [PMID: 10215606 PMCID: PMC1220203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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The unique catalytic characteristics of adenosine kinase (Adk) and its stage-specific differential activity pattern have made this enzyme a prospective target for chemotherapeutic manipulation in the purine-auxotrophic parasitic protozoan Leishmania donovani. However, nothing is known about the structure of the parasite Adk. We report here the cloning of its gene and the characterization of the gene product. The encoded protein, consisting of 345 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular mass of 37173 Da, shares limited but significant similarity with sugar kinases and inosine-guanosine kinase of microbial origin, supporting the notion that these enzymes might have the same ancestral origin. The identity of the parasite enzyme with the corresponding enzyme from two other sources so far described was only 40%. Furthermore, 5' RNA mapping studies indicated that the Adk gene transcript is matured post-transcriptionally with the trans-splicing of the mini-exon (spliced leader) occurring at nt -160 from the predicted translation initiation site. The biochemical properties of the recombinant enzyme were similar to those of the enzyme isolated from leishmanial cells. The intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence of the enzyme was substrate-sensitive. On the basis of a multiple protein-alignment sequence comparison and ATP-induced fluorescence quenching in the presence or the absence of KI and acrylamide, the docking site for ATP has been provisionally identified and shown to have marked divergence from the consensus P-loop motif reported for ATP- or GTP-binding proteins from other sources.
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- K M Sinha
- The Leishmania Group, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4 Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Calcutta-700032, India
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Sinha KM, Gu J, Chen Y, Reddy R. Adenylation of small RNAs in human cells. Development of a cell-free system for accurate adenylation on the 3'-end of human signal recognition particle RNA. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:6853-9. [PMID: 9506988 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.12.6853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The 3'-end sequences of several human small RNAs were determined, and the results show that a fraction of human cytoplasmic 7SL, ribosomal 5S, and nuclear U2, U6, and 7SK small RNAs contain a post-transcriptionally added adenylic acid residue on their 3'-ends. Incubation of HeLa cell extract in vitro in the presence of [alpha-32P]ATP resulted in labeling of several small RNAs including ribosomal 5S and cytoplasmic 7SL as well as U2 and U6 small nuclear RNAs. Analysis of 7SL RNA labeled in this in vitro adenylation system showed that a single adenylic acid residue is added to the 3'-end. These results show that the adenylation observed in the in vitro system reflects the post-transcriptional adenylation occurring in vivo.
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- K M Sinha
- Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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