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Esmaeeli M, Nimtz M, Jänsch L, Ruddock LW, Leimkühler S. Mechanistic insights into the ROS-mediated inactivation of human aldehyde oxidase. FEBS Lett 2023. [PMID: 37247262 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Human aldehyde oxidase (hAOX1) is a molybdoenzyme that oxidizes aldehydes and N-heterocyclic compounds, thereby generating hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) and superoxide during turnover. hAOX1 has been shown previously to be inactivated under turnover conditions by H2 O2 . Here, we investigated the effect of exogenously added H2 O2 on the activity of hAOX1. We show that exogenously added H2 O2 did not affect the enzyme activity under aerobic conditions, but completely inactivated the enzyme under anaerobic conditions. We propose that this effect is based on the reducing power of H2 O2 and the susceptibility of the reduced molybdenum cofactor (Moco) to lose the sulfido ligand. When oxygen is present, the enzyme is rapidly reoxidized. We believe that our study is significant in understanding the detailed effect of reactive oxygen species on the inactivation of hAOX1 and other molybdoenzymes.
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- Mariam Esmaeeli
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Molecular Enzymology, University of Potsdam, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Laboratory of Metalloprotein Biology, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Aapistie 7A, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Molecular Enzymology, University of Potsdam, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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Esmaeeli M, Nimtz M, Jänsch L, Ruddock LW, Leimkühler S. Inactivation of Human Aldehyde Oxidase by Small Sulfhydryl-containing Reducing Agents. Drug Metab Dispos 2023; 51:764-770. [PMID: 37012073 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.122.001244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Human aldehyde oxidase (hAOX1) is a molybdoflavoenzyme that belongs to the xanthine oxidase (XO) family. hAOX1 is involved in phase I drug metabolism, but its physiological role is not fully understood to date and preclinical studies consistently underestimated hAOX1 clearance. In the present work, we report an unexpected effect of the common sulfhydryl-containing reducing agents, e.g. dithiothreitol (DTT), on the activity of hAOX1 and mouse aldehyde oxidases. We demonstrate that this effect is due to the reactivity of the sulfido ligand bound at the molybdenum cofactor (Moco) with the sulfhydryl groups. The sulfido ligand coordinated to the Mo atom in the XO family of enzymes plays a crucial role in the catalytic cycle and its removal results in the total inactivation of these enzymes. Since liver cytosols, S9 fractions and hepatocytes are commonly used to screen the drug candidates for hAOX1, our study suggests that DTT treatment of these samples should be avoided, as otherwise false negative results by an inactivated hAOX1 might be obtained. Significance Statement This work characterizes the inactivation of human aldehyde oxidase (hAOX1) by sulfhydryl-containing agents and identifies the site of inactivation. The role of DTT in the inhibition of hAOX1 should be considered for the preparation of hAOX1-containing fractions for pharmacological studies on drug metabolism and drug clearance.
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- Mariam Esmaeeli
- Department of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Molecular Enzymology, Instutute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany
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Zakaria MM, Stegemann T, Sievert C, Kruse LH, Kaltenegger E, Girreser U, Çiçek SS, Nimtz M, Ober D. Insights into polyamine metabolism: homospermidine is double-oxidized in two discrete steps by a single copper-containing amine oxidase in pyrrolizidine alkaloid biosynthesis. Plant Cell 2022; 34:2364-2382. [PMID: 35212762 PMCID: PMC9134089 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Polyamines are important metabolites in plant development and abiotic and biotic stress responses. Copper-containing amine oxidases (CuAOs) are involved in the regulation of polyamine levels in the cell. CuAOs oxidize primary amines to their respective aldehydes and hydrogen peroxide. In plants, aldehydes are intermediates in various biosynthetic pathways of alkaloids. CuAOs are thought to oxidize polyamines at only one of the primary amino groups, a process frequently resulting in monocyclic structures. These oxidases have been postulated to be involved in pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) biosynthesis. Here, we describe the identification and characterization of homospermidine oxidase (HSO), a CuAO of Heliotropium indicum (Indian heliotrope), involved in PA biosynthesis. Virus-induced gene silencing of HSO in H. indicum leads to significantly reduced PA levels. By in vitro enzyme assays after transient in planta expression, we show that this enzyme prefers Hspd over other amines. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry analyses of the reaction products demonstrate that HSO oxidizes both primary amino groups of homospermidine (Hspd) to form a bicyclic structure, 1-formylpyrrolizidine. Using tracer feeding, we have further revealed that 1-formylpyrrolizidine is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of PAs. Our study therefore establishes that HSO, a canonical CuAO, catalyzes the second step of PA biosynthesis and provides evidence for an undescribed and unusual mechanism involving two discrete steps of oxidation that might also be involved in the biosynthesis of complex structures in other alkaloidal pathways.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Cellular Proteome Research, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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Klünemann T, Nimtz M, Jänsch L, Layer G, Blankenfeldt W. Crystal structure of NirF: insights into its role in heme
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- Thomas Klünemann
- Structure and Function of Proteins Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Braunschweig Germany
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- Cellular Proteome Research Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Braunschweig Germany
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- Cellular Proteome Research Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Braunschweig Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical Biology Albert‐Ludwigs‐Universität Freiburg Germany
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- Structure and Function of Proteins Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Braunschweig Germany
- Institute for Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Technische Universität Braunschweig Germany
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Kamal SM, Rybtke ML, Nimtz M, Sperlein S, Giske C, Trček J, Deschamps J, Briandet R, Dini L, Jänsch L, Tolker-Nielsen T, Lee C, Römling U. Two FtsH Proteases Contribute to Fitness and Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clone C Strains. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1372. [PMID: 31338071 PMCID: PMC6629908 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an environmental bacterium and a nosocomial pathogen with clone C one of the most prevalent clonal groups. The P. aeruginosa clone C specific genomic island PACGI-1 harbors a xenolog of ftsH encoding a functionally diverse membrane-spanning ATP-dependent metalloprotease on the core genome. In the aquatic isolate P. aeruginosa SG17M, the core genome copy ftsH1 significantly affects growth and dominantly mediates a broad range of phenotypes, such as secretion of secondary metabolites, swimming and twitching motility and resistance to aminoglycosides, while the PACGI-1 xenolog ftsH2 backs up the phenotypes in the ftsH1 mutant background. The two proteins, with conserved motifs for disaggregase and protease activity present in FtsH1 and FtsH2, have the ability to form homo- and hetero-oligomers with ftsH2 distinctively expressed in the late stationary phase of growth. However, mainly FtsH1 degrades a major substrate, the heat shock transcription factor RpoH. Pull-down experiments with substrate trap-variants inactive in proteolytic activity indicate both FtsH1 and FtsH2 to interact with the inhibitory protein HflC, while the phenazine biosynthesis protein PhzC was identified as a substrate of FtsH1. In summary, as an exception in P. aeruginosa, clone C harbors two copies of the ftsH metallo-protease, which cumulatively are required for the expression of a diversity of phenotypes.
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- Shady Mansour Kamal
- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Pharmaceutical Industries, Future University in Egypt, New Cairo, Egypt
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- Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cellular Proteomics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Cellular Proteomics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Antenucci F, Magnowska Z, Nimtz M, Roesch C, Jänsch L, Bojesen AM. Immunoproteomic characterization of outer membrane vesicles from hyper-vesiculating Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Vet Microbiol 2019; 235:188-194. [PMID: 31383301 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are produced and secreted virtually by every known Gram-negative bacterium. Despite their non-live nature, they share antigenic characteristics with the bacteria they originate from. This, together with their relative ease of purification, casts the OMVs as a very promising and flexible tool in both human and veterinary vaccinology. The aim of the current work was to get an insight into the antigenic pattern of OMVs from the pig pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in the context of vaccine development. Accordingly, we designed a protocol combining 2D Western Blotting and mass spectrometric identification to robustly characterize the antigenic protein pattern of the vesicles. Our analysis revealed that A. pleuropneumoniae OMVs carry several immunoreactive virulence factors. Some of these proteins, LpoA, OsmY and MIDG2331_02184, have never previously been documented as antigenic in A. pleuropneumoniae or other pathogenic bacteria. Additionally, we showed that despite their relative abundance, proteins such as FrpB and DegQ do not contribute to the antigenic profile of A. pleuropneumoniae OMVs.
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- Fabio Antenucci
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Stigbøjlen 4, 1870 Frb. C., 1-20, Building: 301, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Stigbøjlen 4, 1870 Frb. C., 1-20, Building: 301, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Izon Science Ltd, Batiment Laennec, 60 Avenue Rockefeller, 69008, Lyon, France.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Stigbøjlen 4, 1870 Frb. C., 1-20, Building: 301, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Korf IHE, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Adriaenssens EM, Kropinski AM, Nimtz M, Rohde M, van Raaij MJ, Wittmann J. Still Something to Discover: Novel Insights into Escherichia coli Phage Diversity and Taxonomy. Viruses 2019; 11:E454. [PMID: 31109012 PMCID: PMC6563267 DOI: 10.3390/v11050454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The aim of this study was to gain further insight into the diversity of Escherichia coli phagesfollowed by enhanced work on taxonomic issues in that field. Therefore, we present the genomiccharacterization and taxonomic classification of 50 bacteriophages against E. coli isolated fromvarious sources, such as manure or sewage. All phages were examined for their host range on a setof different E. coli strains, originating, e.g., from human diagnostic laboratories or poultry farms.Transmission electron microscopy revealed a diversity of morphotypes (70% Myo-, 22% Sipho-, and8% Podoviruses), and genome sequencing resulted in genomes sizes from ~44 to ~370 kb.Annotation and comparison with databases showed similarities in particular to T4- and T5-likephages, but also to less-known groups. Though various phages against E. coli are already describedin literature and databases, we still isolated phages that showed no or only few similarities to otherphages, namely phages Goslar, PTXU04, and KWBSE43-6. Genome-based phylogeny andclassification of the newly isolated phages using VICTOR resulted in the proposal of new generaand led to an enhanced taxonomic classification of E. coli phages.
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- Imke H E Korf
- Leibniz Institute DSMZ⁻German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, 38124 Braunschweig,Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ⁻German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, 38124 Braunschweig,Germany.
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- Departments of Food Science and Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
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- Protein Analytics Platform, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 38124 Braunschweig,Germany.
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- Central Facility for Microscopy, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 38124 Braunschweig,Germany.
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- Department of Macromolecular Structure, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia CNB-CSIC, 28049 Madrid,Spain.
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ⁻German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, 38124 Braunschweig,Germany.
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Costa J, Streich L, Pinto S, Pronto-Laborinho A, Nimtz M, Conradt HS, de Carvalho M. Exploring Cerebrospinal Fluid IgG N-Glycosylation as Potential Biomarker for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Mol Neurobiol 2019; 56:5729-5739. [PMID: 30674035 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-019-1482-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal motor neuron disease for which the existing candidate biomarkers (neurofilaments) have low specificity. Changes in blood IgG N-glycosylation have been observed in several diseases, including ALS, whereas cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) IgG has been less studied. Here, we characterized N-glycans of CSF IgG from ALS patients in comparison with a control group of other neurological diseases. Cerebrospinal fluid was collected from patients with ALS (n = 26) and other neurological diseases (n = 10). N-Glycans were released from CSF purified IgG with peptide N-glycosidase F, labeled with 2-aminobenzamide and analyzed by NP-HPLC chromatography in combination with exoglycosidase digestion and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The N-glycosylation profile of ALS CSF IgG consisted of diantennary N-glycans predominantly with proximal fucose and some bisecting GlcNAc; agalacto-, mono-, and digalactosylated as well as α2,6-sialylated structures were detected. Differences between ALS and control patients were observed; most relevant was the increase in ALS CSF IgG of the level of galactosylated structures defined here as Gal-index (median 46.87 and 40.50% for ALS and controls, respectively; p = 0.006). The predictive value of the Gal-index (AUC = 0.792, p = 0.007) considering ROC analysis had potential utility as a diagnostic test for ALS and was comparable to that of phosphoneurofilament heavy chain (AUC = 0.777, p = 0.011), which was used as benchmark marker for our group of patients. The results provide the basis to further explore the potential of IgG N-glycan galactosylation as biomarker for ALS by using larger cohorts of patients and controls.
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- Julia Costa
- Laboratory of Glycobiology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Avenida da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.
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- GlycoThera GmbH, Feodor-Lynen Strasse 35, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Instituto de Medicina Molecular-Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Institute of Physiology, Instituto de Medicina Molecular-Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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- GlycoThera GmbH, Feodor-Lynen Strasse 35, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Instituto de Medicina Molecular-Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.,Department Neurosciences and Mental Health, Hospital de Santa Maria-CHLN, Lisbon, Portugal
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Roth G, Vanz AL, Lünsdorf H, Nimtz M, Rinas U. Fate of the UPR marker protein Kar2/Bip and autophagic processes in fed-batch cultures of secretory insulin precursor producing Pichia pastoris. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:123. [PMID: 30092809 PMCID: PMC6083527 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-0970-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Secretory recombinant protein production with Pichia (syn. Komagataella) pastoris is commonly associated with the induction of an unfolded protein response (UPR) usually apparent through increased intracellular levels of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) resident chaperones such as Kar2/Bip. During methanol-induced secretory production of an insulin precursor (IP) under industrially relevant fed-batch conditions the initially high level of intracellular Kar2/Bip after batch growth on glycerol unexpectedly declined in the following methanol fed-batch phase misleadingly suggesting that IP production had a low impact on UPR activation. Results Analysis of the protein production independent level of Kar2/Bip revealed that high Kar2/Bip levels were reached in the exponential growth phase of glycerol batch cultures followed by a strong decline of Kar2/Bip during entry into stationary phase. Ultra-structural cell morphology studies revealed autophagic processes (e.g. ER phagy) at the end of the glycerol batch phase most likely responsible for the degradation of ER resident chaperones such as Kar2/Bip. The pre-induction level of Kar2/Bip did not affect the IP secretion efficiency in the subsequent methanol-induced IP production phase. During growth on methanol intracellular Kar2/Bip levels declined in IP producing and non-producing host cells. However, extracellular accumulation of Kar2/Bip was observed in IP-producing cultures but not in non-producing controls. Most importantly, the majority of the extracellular Kar2/Bip accumulated in the culture supernatant of IP producing cells as truncated protein (approx. 35 kDa). Conclusions Rapid growth leads to higher basal levels of the major UPR marker protein Kar2/Bip independent of recombinant protein production. Entry into stationary phase or slower growth on poorer substrate, e.g. methanol, leads to a lower basal Kar2/Bip level. Methanol-induced secretory IP production elicits a strong UPR activation which counteracts the reduced UPR during slow growth on methanol. The major ER chaperone Kar2/Bip is found together with recombinant IP in the culture medium where full-length Kar2/Bip accumulates in addition to large amounts of truncated Kar2/Bip. Thus, for judging UPR activating properties of the produced protein it is important to additionally analyze the medium not only for intact Kar2/Bip but also for truncated versions of this UPR reporter protein. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12934-018-0970-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Gustavo Roth
- Technical Chemistry-Life Science, Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Technical Chemistry-Life Science, Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124, Brunswick, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124, Brunswick, Germany
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- Technical Chemistry-Life Science, Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany. .,Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124, Brunswick, Germany.
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Surup F, Halecker S, Nimtz M, Rodrigo S, Schulz B, Steinert M, Stadler M. Hyfraxins A and B, cytotoxic ergostane-type steroid and lanostane triterpenoid glycosides from the invasive ash dieback ascomycete Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Steroids 2018; 135:92-97. [PMID: 29580870 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2018.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 03/04/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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A virulent culture of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, the causal agent of ash dieback, was investigated for its production of secondary metabolites in a 70 L batch fermentation. Chemical analysis of the mycelial extract by means of flash chromatography and preparative HPLC led to the isolation of a new ergostane-type steroid (1) and a new related lanostane triterpenoid (2), both revealing the same glycosylation pattern. While their planar structures were elucidated by HR-ESIMS and NMR data, relative stereochemistry was assigned by ROESY correlations in conjunction with H,H and C,H coupling constants. Absolute configuration was determined based on ROESY correlations between the aglycons and the sugar moieties, which were identified in both cases as d-mannose by GC/MS analysis of the trimethylsilylated derivatives. The isolated compounds, for which we propose the trivial names hyfraxins A (1) and B (2), were found to be cytotoxic against the mouse fibroblast cell line L929 and exhibited moderate to weak activity against Gram-positive bacteria.
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- Frank Surup
- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH, Department Microbial Drugs, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research Association (DZIF), partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH, Department Microbial Drugs, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research Association (DZIF), partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research Association (DZIF), partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH, Department Cellular Proteome Research, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Departamento de Ingeniería del Medio Agronómico y Forestal, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
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- Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstraße 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstraße 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH, Department Microbial Drugs, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research Association (DZIF), partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Costa J, Gatermann M, Nimtz M, Kandzia S, Glatzel M, Conradt HS. N-Glycosylation of Extracellular Vesicles from HEK-293 and Glioma Cell Lines. Anal Chem 2018; 90:7871-7879. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b05455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Júlia Costa
- Laboratory of Glycobiology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Avenida da República, 2780-157 Oeiras Portugal
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- GlycoThera GmbH, Feodor-Lynen Strasse 35, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Quaas B, Burmeister L, Li Z, Nimtz M, Hoffmann A, Rinas U. Properties of dimeric, disulfide-linked rhBMP-2 recovered from E. coli derived inclusion bodies by mild extraction or chaotropic solubilization and subsequent refolding. Process Biochem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2018.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kaufmann P, Duffus BR, Mitrova B, Iobbi-Nivol C, Teutloff C, Nimtz M, Jänsch L, Wollenberger U, Leimkühler S. Modulating the Molybdenum Coordination Sphere of Escherichia coli Trimethylamine N-Oxide Reductase. Biochemistry 2018; 57:1130-1143. [PMID: 29334455 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The well-studied enterobacterium Escherichia coli present in the human gut can reduce trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) to trimethylamine during anaerobic respiration. The TMAO reductase TorA is a monomeric, bis-molybdopterin guanine dinucleotide (bis-MGD) cofactor-containing enzyme that belongs to the dimethyl sulfoxide reductase family of molybdoenzymes. We report on a system for the in vitro reconstitution of TorA with molybdenum cofactors (Moco) from different sources. Higher TMAO reductase activities for TorA were obtained when using Moco sources containing a sulfido ligand at the molybdenum atom. For the first time, we were able to isolate functional bis-MGD from Rhodobacter capsulatus formate dehydrogenase (FDH), which remained intact in its isolated state and after insertion into apo-TorA yielded a highly active enzyme. Combined characterizations of the reconstituted TorA enzymes by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and direct electrochemistry emphasize that TorA activity can be modified by changes in the Mo coordination sphere. The combination of these results together with studies of amino acid exchanges at the active site led us to propose a novel model for binding of the substrate to the molybdenum atom of TorA.
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- Paul Kaufmann
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Molecular Enzymology, University of Potsdam , 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Molecular Enzymology, University of Potsdam , 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Molecular Enzymology, University of Potsdam , 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Physics, Free University of Berlin , Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz Center for Infection Research , Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Center for Infection Research , Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Molecular Enzymology, University of Potsdam , 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Molecular Enzymology, University of Potsdam , 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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van Ham M, Teich R, Philipsen L, Niemz J, Amsberg N, Wissing J, Nimtz M, Gröbe L, Kliche S, Thiel N, Klawonn F, Hubo M, Jonuleit H, Reichardt P, Müller AJ, Huehn J, Jänsch L. TCR signalling network organization at the immunological synapses of murine regulatory T cells. Eur J Immunol 2017; 47:2043-2058. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.201747041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Marco van Ham
- Cellular Proteomics; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
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- Experimental Immunology; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology; Otto-von-Guericke University; Magdeburg Germany
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- Experimental Immunology; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
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- Cellular Proteomics; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
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- Cellular Proteomics; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
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- Cellular Proteomics; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
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- Experimental Immunology; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology; Otto-von-Guericke University; Magdeburg Germany
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- Experimental Immunology; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
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- Cellular Proteomics; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
- Department of Computer Science; Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences; Wolfenbuettel Germany
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- Department of Dermatology; Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz; Mainz Germany
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- Department of Dermatology; Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz; Mainz Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology; Otto-von-Guericke University; Magdeburg Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology; Otto-von-Guericke University; Magdeburg Germany
- Intravital Microscopy of Infection and Immunity; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
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- Experimental Immunology; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
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- Cellular Proteomics; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
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Li Z, Nimtz M, Rinas U. Global proteome response of Escherichia coli BL21 to production of human basic fibroblast growth factor in complex and defined medium. Eng Life Sci 2017; 17:881-891. [PMID: 32624836 DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201700036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 02/21/2017] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The global proteome response toward recombinant protein production in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) grown in complex and defined medium was analyzed. Overproduction of human basic fibroblast growth factor (hFGF-2), a difficult-to-fold protein, led to a reconstruction of the bacterial proteome. For example, heat shock chaperones were highly upregulated, especially when production occurred during fast growth in complex medium. Although heat shock chaperones increased to higher levels in complex medium more hFGF-2 accumulated within inclusion bodies indicating that the capacity to chaperone protein folding was not sufficient for high speed production. In both types of media, cellular proteins from substrate transport systems, central metabolic pathways, and by-product uptake (e.g. acetate) were downregulated. This downregulation was connected to growth inhibition and metabolic perturbations. For example, during production in complex and defined medium acetate reassimilation and glucose uptake, respectively, were severely hampered. Cellular proteins for degradation of less favorable substrates, elimination of reactive oxygen species, and DNA protection were also downregulated in response to hFGF-2 production. The decrease of proteins involved in transport, central metabolic pathways, and general cell protection was more pronounced in the fast producing culture in complex medium than in the slow producing culture in defined medium. In general, production of hFGF-2 seems to interfere with the adaptation process to changing growth conditions, in this case the adaptation from exponential growth to stationary phase.
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- Zhaopeng Li
- Technical Chemistry - Life Science Leibniz University of Hannover Hannover Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Braunschweig Germany
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- Technical Chemistry - Life Science Leibniz University of Hannover Hannover Germany.,Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Braunschweig Germany
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Dreiseikelmann B, Bunk B, Spröer C, Rohde M, Nimtz M, Wittmann J. Characterization and genome comparisons of three Achromobacter phages of the family Siphoviridae. Arch Virol 2017; 162:2191-2201. [PMID: 28357512 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-017-3347-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this study, we present the characterization and genomic data of three Achromobacter phages belonging to the family Siphoviridae. Phages 83-24, JWX and JWF were isolated from sewage samples in Paris and Braunschweig, respectively, and infect Achromobacter xylosoxidans, an emerging nosocomial pathogen in cystic fibrosis patients. Analysis of morphology and growth parameters revealed that phages 83-24 and JWX have similar properties, both have nearly the same head and tail measurements, and both have a burst size between 85 and 100 pfu/cell. In regard to morphological properties, JWF had a much longer and more flexible tail compared to other phages. The linear double-stranded DNAs of all three phages are terminally redundant and not circularly permutated. The complete nucleotide sequences consist of 81,541 bp for JWF, 49,714 bp for JWX and 48,216 bp for 83-24. Analysis of the genome sequences showed again that phages JWX and 83-24 are quite similar. Comparison to the GenBank database via BLASTN revealed partial similarities to Roseobacter phage RDJL phi1 and Burkholderia phage BcepGomr. In contrast, BLASTN analysis of the genome sequence of phage JWF revealed only few similarities to non-annotated prophage regions in different strains of Burkholderia and Mesorhizobium.
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- Brigitte Dreiseikelmann
- Department of Microbiology/Genetechnology, University of Bielefeld, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, 38124, Brunswick, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, 38124, Brunswick, Germany
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- Central Facility for Microscopy, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 38124, Brunswick, Germany
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- Protein Analytics Platform, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 38124, Brunswick, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, 38124, Brunswick, Germany.
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- Daniela E. Taupp
- Zentrum Angewandte Chemie, Institut für, Lebensmittelchemie der Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wunstorfer Straße 14, D-30453 Hannover, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Abteilung, Biophysikalische Analytik, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Zentrum Angewandte Chemie, Institut für, Lebensmittelchemie der Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wunstorfer Straße 14, D-30453 Hannover, Germany
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- AG Technische Biochemie, Universität Dortmund, Emil-Figge-Straße 68, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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Kayser H, Nimtz M. Farnesyl biliverdins IXα are novel ligands of biliproteins from moths of the Noctuoidea superfamily: A chemosystematic view of the Lepidoptera. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2016; 78:12-19. [PMID: 27581999 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Revised: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Bilins, derived from biliverdin IXα, are known from animals, plants and microorganisms, where they play vital roles as light-absorbing pigments. Bilins occur also in many insects. Recently, we discovered in insects a novel structural type of bilins with a farnesyl substituent at pyrrole ring A of biliverdin IXα. The first of these unusual bilins with a molecular mass of 852 (C48H60O10N4) was identified in Cerura vinula, subsequently in Spodoptera littoralis; both species are members of the Noctuoidea superfamily of moths. From an evolutionary point of view, it was of interest to examine other species and families of this monophyletic clade. Here, we show that other moths species in this clade (three Notodontidae species, one Erebidae species, and one Noctuidae species) have farnesylated biliverdins IXα that are present as a mixture of three bilins, differing by the number of oxygen atoms (O8-10). These bilins are associated with typical hemolymph storage proteins, which were identified by mass spectroscopic sequencing of tryptic peptides as arylphorins (a class of 500-kDa hexamerins) in the Notodontidae and Erebidae families, and as 350-kDa very high-density lipoproteins in the Noctuidae family. Circular dichroism spectroscopy revealed that the bilins adopt opposite conformations in complex with the two different classes of proteins. At present, farnesylated biliverdins and IXα-isomers of bilins in general are known only from species of the Noctuoidea clade; the sister clades of Bombycoidea and Papilionoidea synthesise the IXγ-isomer of biliverdin and derivatives thereof.
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- Hartmut Kayser
- Institute of General Zoology and Endocrinology, Ulm University, Helmholtzstrasse 8/1, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Disease, Cellular Proteome Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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Hartmann T, Schrapers P, Utesch T, Nimtz M, Rippers Y, Dau H, Mroginski MA, Haumann M, Leimkühler S. The Molybdenum Active Site of Formate Dehydrogenase Is Capable of Catalyzing C–H Bond Cleavage and Oxygen Atom Transfer Reactions. Biochemistry 2016; 55:2381-9. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Tobias Hartmann
- Department
of Molecular Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht Strasse 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute
of Experimental Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Experimental Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Experimental Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department
of Molecular Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht Strasse 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Kayser H, Nimtz M, Ringler P, Müller SA. Very high-density lipoprotein and vitellin as carriers of novel biliverdins IXα with a farnesyl side-chain presumably derived from heme A in Spodoptera littoralis. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2016; 68:41-51. [PMID: 26546815 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Revised: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/30/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Bilins in complex with specific proteins play key roles in many forms of life. Biliproteins have also been isolated from insects; however, structural details are rare and possible functions largely unknown. Recently, we identified a high-molecular weight biliprotein from a moth, Cerura vinula, as an arylphorin-type hexameric storage protein linked to a novel farnesyl biliverdin IXα; its unusual structure suggests formation by cleavage of mitochondrial heme A. In the present study of another moth, Spodoptera littoralis, we isolated two different biliproteins. These proteins were identified as a very high-density lipoprotein (VHDL) and as vitellin, respectively, by mass spectrometric sequencing. Both proteins are associated with three different farnesyl biliverdins IXα: the one bilin isolated from C. vinula and two new structurally closely related bilins, supposed to be intermediates of heme A degradation. The different bilin composition of the two biliproteins suggests that the presumed oxidations at the farnesyl side-chain take place mainly during egg development. The egg bilins are supposedly transferred from hemolymph VHDL to vitellin in the female. Both biliproteins show strong induced circular dichroism activity compatible with a predominance of the M-conformation of the bilins. This conformation is opposite to that of the arylphorin-type biliprotein from C. vinula. Electron microscopy of the VHDL-type biliprotein from S. littoralis provided a preliminary view of its structure as a homodimer and confirmed the biochemically determined molecular mass of ∼350 kDa. Further, images of S. littoralis hexamerins revealed a 2 × 3 construction identical to that known from the hexamerin from C. vinula.
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- Hartmut Kayser
- Institute of General Zoology and Endocrinology, Ulm University, Helmholtzstrasse 8/1, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Disease, Cellular Proteome Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Center for Cellular Imaging and NanoAnalytics (C-CINA), Biozentrum, University Basel, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland
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- Center for Cellular Imaging and NanoAnalytics (C-CINA), Biozentrum, University Basel, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland
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Lee C, Wigren E, Trček J, Peters V, Kim J, Hasni MS, Nimtz M, Lindqvist Y, Park C, Curth U, Lünsdorf H, Römling U. A novel protein quality control mechanism contributes to heat shock resistance of worldwide-distributed Pseudomonas aeruginosa clone C strains. Environ Microbiol 2015; 17:4511-26. [PMID: 26014207 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a highly successful nosocomial pathogen capable of causing a wide variety of infections with clone C strains most prevalent worldwide. In this study, we initially characterize a molecular mechanism of survival unique to clone C strains. We identified a P. aeruginosa clone C-specific genomic island (PACGI-1) that contains the highly expressed small heat shock protein sHsp20c, the founding member of a novel subclass of class B bacterial small heat shock proteins. sHsp20c and adjacent gene products are involved in resistance against heat shock. Heat stable sHsp20c is unconventionally expressed in stationary phase in a wide temperature range from 20 to 42°C. Purified sHsp20c has characteristic features of small heat shock protein class B as it is monodisperse, forms sphere-like 24-meric oligomers and exhibits significant chaperone activity. As the P. aeruginosa clone C population is significantly more heat shock resistant than genetically unrelated P. aeruginosa strains without sHsp20c, the horizontally acquired shsp20c operon might contribute to the survival of worldwide-distributed clone C strains.
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- Changhan Lee
- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305-701, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden
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- The Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305-701, Korea
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, 30625, Germany
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- The Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden
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Castelle CJ, Roger M, Bauzan M, Brugna M, Lignon S, Nimtz M, Golyshina OV, Giudici-Orticoni MT, Guiral M. The aerobic respiratory chain of the acidophilic archaeon Ferroplasma acidiphilum: A membrane-bound complex oxidizing ferrous iron. Biochim Biophys Acta 2015; 1847:717-28. [PMID: 25896560 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/12/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
The extremely acidophilic archaeon Ferroplasma acidiphilum is found in iron-rich biomining environments and is an important micro-organism in naturally occurring microbial communities in acid mine drainage. F. acidiphilum is an iron oxidizer that belongs to the order Thermoplasmatales (Euryarchaeota), which harbors the most extremely acidophilic micro-organisms known so far. At present, little is known about the nature or the structural and functional organization of the proteins in F. acidiphilum that impact the iron biogeochemical cycle. We combine here biochemical and biophysical techniques such as enzyme purification, activity measurements, proteomics and spectroscopy to characterize the iron oxidation pathway(s) in F. acidiphilum. We isolated two respiratory membrane protein complexes: a 850 kDa complex containing an aa3-type cytochrome oxidase and a blue copper protein, which directly oxidizes ferrous iron and reduces molecular oxygen, and a 150 kDa cytochrome ba complex likely composed of a di-heme cytochrome and a Rieske protein. We tentatively propose that both of these complexes are involved in iron oxidation respiratory chains, functioning in the so-called uphill and downhill electron flow pathways, consistent with autotrophic life. The cytochrome ba complex could possibly play a role in regenerating reducing equivalents by a reverse ('uphill') electron flow. This study constitutes the first detailed biochemical investigation of the metalloproteins that are potentially directly involved in iron-mediated energy conservation in a member of the acidophilic archaea of the genus Ferroplasma.
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- Cindy J Castelle
- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, BIP UMR 7281, FR 3479, 13402 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, BIP UMR 7281, FR 3479, 13402 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Unité de Fermentation, FR 3479, 13402 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, BIP UMR 7281, FR 3479, 13402 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Plate-forme Protéomique MaP IBiSA, FR 3479, 13402 Marseille, France
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 7 Inhoffen Strasse, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 7 Inhoffen Strasse, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; School of Biological Sciences, Deiniol Road, LL57 2UW, Bangor, UK
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, BIP UMR 7281, FR 3479, 13402 Marseille, France.
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Bui TH, Wray V, Nimtz M, Fossen T, Preisitsch M, Schröder G, Wende K, Heiden SE, Mundt S. Correction to Balticidins A-D, antifungal hassallidin-like lipopeptides from the Baltic Sea cyanobacterium Anabaena cylindrica Bio33. J Nat Prod 2015; 78:345. [PMID: 25688475 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Linke D, Leonhardt R, Eisele N, Petersen LM, Riemer S, Nimtz M, Berger RG. Carotene-degrading activities from Bjerkandera adusta possess an application in detergent industries. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2015; 38:1191-9. [PMID: 25614450 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-015-1361-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Four extracellular enzymes, a versatile peroxidase, a manganese peroxidase, a dye-decolorizing peroxidase and a lignin peroxidase were discovered in liquid cultures of the basidiomycete Bjerkandera adusta. All of them cleaved β-carotene effectively. Expression was enhanced in the presence of β-carotene or Coomassie Brilliant Blue and peaked after 7-9 days. The monomeric proteins were purified by ion exchange and size exclusion chromatography and exhibited molecular masses of 41, 43, 51 and 43 kDa, respectively. The coding sequences showed homologies from 61 to 89 % to peroxidases from other basidiomycetes. The novel enzymes retained strong activity even in the absence of hydrogen peroxide and at alkaline pH. De-staining of fabrics using detergent-tolerant enzymes may help to save the most important bio-resources, energy and water, in washing processes and led to green processes in textile cleaning.
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- Diana Linke
- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 5, 30167, Hannover, Germany,
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Linke D, Lehnert N, Nimtz M, Berger RG. An alcohol oxidase of Phanerochaete chrysosporium with a distinct glycerol oxidase activity. Enzyme Microb Technol 2014; 61-62:7-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2014.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Revised: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bui TH, Wray V, Nimtz M, Fossen T, Preisitsch M, Schröder G, Wende K, Heiden SE, Mundt S. Balticidins A-D, antifungal hassallidin-like lipopeptides from the Baltic Sea cyanobacterium Anabaena cylindrica Bio33. J Nat Prod 2014; 77:1287-96. [PMID: 24937366 DOI: 10.1021/np401020a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Balticidins A-D (1-4), four new antifungal lipopeptides, were isolated from the laboratory-cultivated cyanobacterium Anabaena cylindrica strain Bio33 isolated from a water sample collected from the Baltic Sea, Rügen Island, Germany. Fractionation of the 50% aqueous MeOH extract was performed by bioassay-guided silica gel column chromatography followed by SPE and repeated reversed-phase HPLC. The main fraction containing the compounds exhibited a strong and specific antifungal activity with inhibition zones in an agar-diffusion assay from 21 to 32 mm against Candida albicans, Candida krusei, Candida maltosa, Aspergillus fumigatus, Microsporum gypseum, Mucor sp., and Microsporum canis. The structures were elucidated by multidimensional (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy, HRESIMS, amino acid analysis, and sugar analysis. Spectroscopic data analysis afforded an unambiguous sequence of R.CHO(S1).CHOH.CONH-Thr(1)-Thr(2)-Thr(3)-HOTyr(4)-Dhb(5)-D-Gln(6)-Gly(7)-NMeThr(8)(S2)-L-Gln COOH(9), in which Dhb is dehydroaminobutyric acid, S1 is d(-)-arabinose-(3-1)-D-(+)-galacturonic acid, S2 is D-(+)-mannose, and R is the aliphatic residue -C13H26Cl or -C13H27. Besides NMeThr, D-allo-Thr, D-Thr, and L-Thr were identified, but the position of the enantiomers in the sequence is not clear. The four balticidins differ in their cyclic (2, 4)/linear (1, 3) core and the presence (1, 2)/absence (3, 4) of chlorine in the aliphatic unit.
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- Thanh-Huong Bui
- Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University , Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Straße 17, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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Shevchuk O, Abidi N, Klawonn F, Wissing J, Nimtz M, Kugler C, Steinert M, Goldmann T, Jänsch L. HOPE-fixation of lung tissue allows retrospective proteome and phosphoproteome studies. J Proteome Res 2014; 13:5230-9. [PMID: 24702127 DOI: 10.1021/pr500096a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Hepes-glutamic acid buffer-mediated organic solvent protection effect (HOPE)-fixation has been introduced as an alternative to formalin fixation of clinical samples. Beyond preservation of morphological structures for histology, HOPE-fixation was demonstrated to be compatible with recent methods for RNA and DNA sequencing. However, the suitability of HOPE-fixed materials for the inspection of proteomes by mass spectrometry so far remained undefined. This is of particular interest, since proteins constitute a prime resource for drug research and can give valuable insights into the activity status of signaling pathways. In this study, we extracted proteins from human lung tissue and tested HOPE-treated and snap-frozen tissues comparatively by proteome and phosphoproteome analyses. High confident data from accurate mass spectrometry allowed the identification of 2603 proteins and 3036 phosphorylation sites. HOPE-fixation did not hinder the representative extraction of proteins, and investigating their biochemical properties, covered subcellular localizations, and cellular processes revealed no bias caused by the type of fixation. In conclusion, proteome as well as phosphoproteome data of HOPE lung samples were qualitatively equivalent to results obtained from snap-frozen tissues. Thus, HOPE-treated tissues match clinical demands in both histology and retrospective proteome analyses of patient samples by proteomics.
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- Olga Shevchuk
- Research Group Cellular Proteomics, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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Kayser H, Wray V, Nimtz M. Structure of a novel farnesylated bilin from an insect - formation by α-cleavage of heme A of mitochondrial cytochrome coxidases? FEBS J 2014; 281:2366-76. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.12789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Revised: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Hartmut Kayser
- Institut für Allgemeine Zoologie und Endokrinologie; Universität Ulm; Germany
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- Molekulare Strukturbiologie; Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH; Braunschweig Germany
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- Molekulare Strukturbiologie; Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH; Braunschweig Germany
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Niggemann J, Bozko P, Bruns N, Wodtke A, Gieseler MT, Thomas K, Jahns C, Nimtz M, Reupke I, Brüser T, Auling G, Malek N, Kalesse M. Baceridin, a cyclic hexapeptide from an epiphytic bacillus strain, inhibits the proteasome. Chembiochem 2014; 15:1021-9. [PMID: 24692199 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201300778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A new cyclic hexapeptide, baceridin (1), was isolated from the culture medium of a plant-associated Bacillus strain. The structure of 1 was elucidated by HR-HPLC-MS and 1D and 2D NMR experiments and confirmed by ESI MS/MS sequence analysis of the corresponding linear hexapeptide 2. The absolute configurations of the amino acid residues were determined after derivatization by GC-MS and Marfey's method. The cyclopeptide 1 consists partially of nonribosomal-derived D- and allo-D-configured amino acids. The order of the D- and L-leucine residues within the sequence cyclo(-L-Trp-D-Ala-D-allo-Ile-L-Val-D-Leu-L-Leu-) was assigned by total synthesis of the two possible stereoisomers. Baceridin (1) was tested for antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity and displayed moderate cytotoxicity (1-2 μg mL(-1)) as well as weak activity against Staphylococcus aureus. However, it was identified to be a proteasome inhibitor that inhibits cell cycle progression and induces apoptosis in tumor cells by a p53-independent pathway.
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- Jutta Niggemann
- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig (Germany)
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BACKGROUND The proteome reflects the available cellular machinery to deal with nutrients and environmental challenges. The most common E. coli strain BL21 growing in different, commonly employed media was evaluated using a detailed quantitative proteome analysis. RESULTS The presence of preformed biomass precursor molecules in rich media such as Luria Bertani supported rapid growth concomitant to acetate formation and apparently unbalanced abundances of central metabolic pathway enzymes, e.g. high levels of lower glycolytic pathway enzymes as well as pyruvate dehydrogenase, and low levels of TCA cycle and high levels of the acetate forming enzymes Pta and AckA. The proteome of cells growing exponentially in glucose-supplemented mineral salt medium was dominated by enzymes of amino acid synthesis pathways, contained more balanced abundances of central metabolic pathway enzymes, and a lower portion of ribosomal and other translational proteins. Entry into stationary phase led to a reconstruction of the bacterial proteome by increasing e.g. the portion of proteins required for scavenging rare nutrients and general cell protection. This proteomic reconstruction during entry into stationary phase was more noticeable in cells growing in rich medium as they have a greater reservoir of recyclable proteins from the translational machinery. CONCLUSIONS The proteomic comparison of cells growing exponentially in different media reflected the antagonistic and competitive regulation of central metabolic pathways through the global transcriptional regulators Cra, Crp, and ArcA. For example, the proteome of cells growing exponentially in rich medium was consistent with a dominating role of phosphorylated ArcA most likely a result from limitations in reoxidizing reduced quinones in the respiratory chain under these growth conditions. The proteomic alterations of exponentially growing cells into stationary phase cells were consistent with stringent-like and stationary phase responses and a dominating control through DksA-ppGpp and RpoS.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstraße 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Vanz AL, Nimtz M, Rinas U. Decrease of UPR- and ERAD-related proteins in Pichia pastoris during methanol-induced secretory insulin precursor production in controlled fed-batch cultures. Microb Cell Fact 2014; 13:23. [PMID: 24521445 PMCID: PMC3930904 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Pichia pastoris is a popular yeast preferably employed for secretory protein production. Secretion is not always efficient and endoplasmic retention of proteins with aberrant folding properties, or when produced at exaggerated rates, can occur. In these cases production usually leads to an unfolded protein response (UPR) and the induction of the endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation (ERAD). P. pastoris is nowadays also an established host for secretory insulin precursor (IP) production, though little is known about the impact of IP production on the host cell physiology, in particular under industrially relevant production conditions. Here, we evaluate the cellular response to aox1 promoter-controlled, secretory IP production in controlled fed-batch processes using a proteome profiling approach. Results Cells were first grown in a batch procedure using a defined medium with a high glycerol concentration. After glycerol depletion IP production was initiated by methanol addition which was kept constant through continuous methanol feeding. The most prominent changes of the intracellular proteome after the onset of methanol feeding were related to the enzymes of central carbon metabolism. In particular, the enzymes of the methanol dissimilatory pathway - virtually absent in the glycerol batch phase - dominated the proteome during the methanol fed-batch phase. Unexpectedly, a strong decrease of UPR and ERAD related proteins was also observed during methanol-induced IP production. Compared to non-producing control strains grown under identical conditions the UPR down-regulation was less pronounced indicating that IP production elicits a detectable but non prominent UPR response which is repressed by the general culture condition-dependent UPR down-regulation after the shift from glycerol to methanol. Conclusions The passage of IP through the secretory pathway using an optimized IP vector and growing the strain at fed-batch conditions with a high initial glycerol concentration does not impose a significant burden on the secretory machinery even under conditions leading to an extracellular accumulation of ~ 3 g L-1 IP. The glycerol batch pre-induction culture conditions are associated with a high constitutive - recombinant protein production independent - induction of the UPR and ERAD pathways probably preconditioning the cells for effective IP secretion in the methanol fed-batch phase.
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- Leibniz University of Hannover, Technical Chemistry - Life Science, Callinstr, 5, 30167 Hannover, Germany.
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Nieter A, Haase-Aschoff P, Linke D, Nimtz M, Berger RG. A halotolerant type A feruloyl esterase from Pleurotus eryngii. Fungal Biol 2014; 118:348-57. [PMID: 24607359 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2014.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 10/16/2013] [Revised: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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An extracellular feruloyl esterase (PeFaeA) from the culture supernatant of Pleurotus eryngii was purified to homogeneity using cation exchange, hydrophobic interaction, and size exclusion chromatography. The length of the complete coding sequence of PeFaeA was determined to 1668 bp corresponding to a protein of 555 amino acids. The catalytic triad of Ser-Glu-His demonstrated the uniqueness of the enzyme compared to previously published FAEs. The purified PeFaeA was a monomer with an estimated molecular mass of 67 kDa. Maximum feruloyl esterase (FAE) activity was observed at pH 5.0 and 50 °C, respectively. Metal ions (5 mM), except Hg(2+), had no significant influence on the enzyme activity. Substrate specificity profiling characterized the enzyme as a type A FAE preferring bulky natural substrates, such as feruloylated saccharides, rather than small synthetic ones. Km and kcat of the purified enzyme for methyl ferulate were 0.15 mM and 0.85 s(-1). In the presence of 3 M NaCl activity of the enzyme increased by 28 %. PeFaeA alone released only little ferulic acid from destarched wheat bran (DSWB), whereas after addition of Trichoderma viride xylanase the concentration increased more than 20 fold.
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- Annabel Nieter
- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 5, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
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- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 5, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 5, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Inhoffenstraße 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 5, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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Haase-Aschoff P, Linke D, Nimtz M, Popper L, Berger RG. An enzyme from Auricularia auricula-judae combining both benzoyl and cinnamoyl esterase activity. Process Biochem 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2013.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zelena K, Takenberg M, Lunkenbein S, Woche SK, Nimtz M, Berger RG. PfaH2: a novel hydrophobin from the ascomycete Paecilomyces farinosus. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2013; 60:147-54. [PMID: 23600571 DOI: 10.1002/bab.1077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The pfah2 gene coding for a novel hydrophobin PfaH2 from the ascomycete Paecilomyces farinosus was identified during sequencing of random clones from a cDNA library. The corresponding protein sequence of PfaH2 deduced from the cDNA comprised 134 amino acids (aa). A 16 aa signal sequence preceded the N-terminus of the mature protein. PfaH2 belonged to the class Ia hydrophobins. The protein was isolated using trifluoroacetic acid extraction and purified via SDS-PAGE and high-performance liquid chromatography. The surface activity of the recently described PfaH1 and of PfaH2 was compared by the determination of contact angles (CAs) on glass slides and Teflon tape, and the CA of distilled water droplets was measured on glass slides coated with hydrophobin PfaH1 or PfaH2. Surprisingly, both hydrophobins adsorbed to hydrophilic surfaces and changed their physicochemical properties to a similar quantitative extent, although little aa sequence homology was found.
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- Katerina Zelena
- Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Hannover, Germany
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Kaba HEJ, Nimtz M, Müller PP, Bilitewski U. Involvement of the mitogen activated protein kinase Hog1p in the response of Candida albicans to iron availability. BMC Microbiol 2013; 13:16. [PMID: 23347662 PMCID: PMC3637358 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2012] [Accepted: 01/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Iron is an essential nutrient for almost all organisms, and generating iron limiting conditions for pathogens is one of the host defense strategies against microbial infections. Excess of iron can be toxic; therefore, iron uptake is tightly controlled. The high affinity iron uptake system of the opportunistic pathogenic yeast Candida albicans has been shown to be essential for virulence. Several transcription factors and regulators of iron uptake genes were identified, but the knowledge of signaling pathways is still limited. Gene expression profiling of the Δhog1 deletion mutant indicated an involvement of the mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinase Hog1p. However, the function of Hog1p in the response of C. albicans to iron availability was not studied in detail. Thus, we analyzed phenotypic and molecular responses of C. albicans to different iron concentrations particularly with respect to the activity of the Hog1p MAP kinase module. RESULTS We observed flocculation of yeast cells, when the iron ion concentration was equal to or higher than 5 μM. This phenotype was dependent on the MAP kinase Hog1p and the corresponding MAP kinase kinase Pbs2p. Moreover, high extracellular iron ion concentrations led to hyper-phosphorylation of Hog1p. We determined lower amounts of multicopper ferroxidase (MCFO) proteins and lower ferric reductase activity, when the iron ion concentration in the medium was increased. This effect was also observed for the Δhog1 mutant. However, the amounts of MCFO proteins and the cell surface ferric reductase activity were increased in the Δhog1 in comparison to wild type cells. This effect was independent of iron availability in growth media. CONCLUSIONS In C. albicans, the MAP kinase Hog1p is part of the network regulating the response of the organism to iron availability. Hog1p was transiently phosphorylated under high iron concentrations and was essential for a flocculent phenotype. Furthermore, deletion of HOG1 led to increased levels of components of the reductive iron uptake system in comparison to the wild-type, independent of iron concentrations in the media. However, the additional induction of this system by low iron concentrations was independent of HOG1.
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- Hani E J Kaba
- Working Group Biological Systems Analysis, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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Dahl JU, Radon C, Bühning M, Nimtz M, Leichert LI, Denis Y, Jourlin-Castelli C, Iobbi-Nivol C, Méjean V, Leimkühler S. The sulfur carrier protein TusA has a pleiotropic role in Escherichia coli that also affects molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:5426-42. [PMID: 23281480 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.431569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli L-cysteine desulfurase IscS mobilizes sulfur from L-cysteine for the synthesis of several biomolecules such as iron-sulfur (FeS) clusters, molybdopterin, thiamin, lipoic acid, biotin, and the thiolation of tRNAs. The sulfur transfer from IscS to various biomolecules is mediated by different interaction partners (e.g. TusA for thiomodification of tRNAs, IscU for FeS cluster biogenesis, and ThiI for thiamine biosynthesis/tRNA thiolation), which bind at different sites of IscS. Transcriptomic and proteomic studies of a ΔtusA strain showed that the expression of genes of the moaABCDE operon coding for proteins involved in molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis is increased under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Additionally, under anaerobic conditions the expression of genes encoding hydrogenase 3 and several molybdoenzymes such as nitrate reductase were also increased. On the contrary, the activity of all molydoenzymes analyzed was significantly reduced in the ΔtusA mutant. Characterization of the ΔtusA strain under aerobic conditions showed an overall low molybdopterin content and an accumulation of cyclic pyranopterin monophosphate. Under anaerobic conditions the activity of nitrate reductase was reduced by only 50%, showing that TusA is not essential for molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis. We present a model in which we propose that the direction of sulfur transfer for each sulfur-containing biomolecule is regulated by the availability of the interaction partner of IscS. We propose that in the absence of TusA, more IscS is available for FeS cluster biosynthesis and that the overproduction of FeS clusters leads to a modified expression of several genes.
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- Jan-Ulrik Dahl
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Molecular Enzymology, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Pustelny C, Brouwer S, Müsken M, Bielecka A, Dötsch A, Nimtz M, Häussler S. The peptide chain release factor methyltransferase PrmC is essential for pathogenicity and environmental adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14. Environ Microbiol 2012; 15:597-609. [PMID: 23278968 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2012] [Accepted: 11/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenicity and its capability to adapt to multiple environments are dependent on the production of diverse virulence factors, controlled by the sophisticated quorum sensing (QS) network of P. aeruginosa. To better understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie this adaptation we searched for novel key regulators of virulence factor production by screening a PA14 transposon mutant library for potential candidates acting downstream of the unique 2-alkyl-4-quinolone (AQ) QS system of P. aeruginosa. We focused the work on a protein named HemK with high homology to PrmC of Escherichia coli displaying a similar enzymatic activity (therefore also referred to as PrmC). In this study, we demonstrate that PrmC is an S-adenosyl-l-methionine (AdoMet)-dependent methyltransferase of peptide chain release factors (RFs) essential for the expression of several virulence factors, such as pyocyanin, rhamnolipids and the type III-secreted toxin ExoT. Furthermore, the PA14_prmC mutant strain is unable to grow under anoxic conditions and has a significantly reduced pathogenicity in the infection model Galleria mellonella. Along with transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, the presented data indicate that the methylation of RFs in P. aeruginosa seems to have a global effect on cellular processes related to the virulence of this nosocomial pathogen.
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- Christian Pustelny
- Department of Molecular Bacteriology, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.
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Kumar A, Saini S, Wray V, Nimtz M, Prakash A, Johri BN. Characterization of an antifungal compound produced by Bacillus sp. strain A(5) F that inhibits Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. J Basic Microbiol 2012; 52:670-8. [PMID: 22359152 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201100463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2011] [Accepted: 10/25/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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A potential antagonist, Bacillus sp. strain A(5) F was isolated from soybean rhizosphere following in vitro dual plate screening. The bacterium displayed strong inhibitory activity in vitro against soybean stem rot pathogen, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. The culture supernatant of strain A(5) F completely suppressed the mycelial growth of the pathogen, indicating that suppression was due to the presence of antifungal compounds in the culture filtrate. The culture filtrate also suppressed other phytopathogenic fungi including Fusarium oxysporum and Macrophomina phaseolina, in vitro suggesting a broad spectrum antagonistic activity against fungal pathogens. Chemical extraction followed by chromatographic analysis resulted in two antifungal fractions. The high resolution-electron spin ionization-mass spectrometry (HR-ESI-MS) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1D and 2D(1) H) spectra of these antifungal fractions revealed the presence of antifungal compounds, one of which showed similarity to bacillomycin D.
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- Ankit Kumar
- Department of Biotechnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal M.P., India.
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Vanz AL, Lünsdorf H, Adnan A, Nimtz M, Gurramkonda C, Khanna N, Rinas U. Physiological response of Pichia pastoris GS115 to methanol-induced high level production of the Hepatitis B surface antigen: catabolic adaptation, stress responses, and autophagic processes. Microb Cell Fact 2012; 11:103. [PMID: 22873405 PMCID: PMC3539919 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-11-103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 07/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Pichia pastoris is an established eukaryotic host for the production of recombinant proteins. Most often, protein production is under the control of the strong methanol-inducible aox1 promoter. However, detailed information about the physiological alterations in P. pastoris accompanying the shift from growth on glycerol to methanol-induced protein production under industrial relevant conditions is missing. Here, we provide an analysis of the physiological response of P. pastoris GS115 to methanol-induced high-level production of the Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg). High product titers and the retention of the protein in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are supposedly of major impact on the host physiology. For a more detailed understanding of the cellular response to methanol-induced HBsAg production, the time-dependent changes in the yeast proteome and ultrastructural cell morphology were analyzed during the production process. Results The shift from growth on glycerol to growth and HBsAg production on methanol was accompanied by a drastic change in the yeast proteome. In particular, enzymes from the methanol dissimilation pathway started to dominate the proteome while enzymes from the methanol assimilation pathway, e.g. the transketolase DAS1, increased only moderately. The majority of methanol was metabolized via the energy generating dissimilatory pathway leading to a corresponding increase in mitochondrial size and numbers. The methanol-metabolism related generation of reactive oxygen species induced a pronounced oxidative stress response (e.g. strong increase of the peroxiredoxin PMP20). Moreover, the accumulation of HBsAg in the ER resulted in the induction of the unfolded protein response (e.g. strong increase of the ER-resident disulfide isomerase, PDI) and the ER associated degradation (ERAD) pathway (e.g. increase of two cytosolic chaperones and members of the AAA ATPase superfamily) indicating that potential degradation of HBsAg could proceed via the ERAD pathway and through the proteasome. However, the amount of HBsAg did not show any significant decline during the cultivation revealing its general protection from proteolytic degradation. During the methanol fed-batch phase, induction of vacuolar proteases (e.g. strong increase of APR1) and constitutive autophagic processes were observed. Vacuolar enclosures were mainly found around peroxisomes and not close to HBsAg deposits and, thus, were most likely provoked by peroxisomal components damaged by reactive oxygen species generated by methanol oxidation. Conclusions In the methanol fed-batch phase P. pastoris is exposed to dual stress; stress resulting from methanol degradation and stress resulting from the production of the recombinant protein leading to the induction of oxidative stress and unfolded protein response pathways, respectively. Finally, the modest increase of methanol assimilatory enzymes compared to the strong increase of methanol dissimilatory enzymes suggests here a potential to increase methanol incorporation into biomass/product through metabolic enhancement of the methanol assimilatory pathway.
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- Ana Leticia Vanz
- Technical Chemistry-Life Science, Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Iphöfer A, Kummer A, Nimtz M, Ritter A, Arnold T, Frank R, van den Heuvel J, Kessler BM, Jänsch L, Franke R. Profiling ubiquitin linkage specificities of deubiquitinating enzymes with branched ubiquitin isopeptide probes. Chembiochem 2012; 13:1416-20. [PMID: 22689415 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Alexander Iphöfer
- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Cellular Proteomics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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König S, Nimtz M, Scheiter M, Ljunggren HG, Bryceson YT, Jänsch L. Kinome analysis of receptor-induced phosphorylation in human natural killer cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e29672. [PMID: 22238634 PMCID: PMC3251586 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Natural killer (NK) cells contribute to the defense against infected and transformed cells through the engagement of multiple germline-encoded activation receptors. Stimulation of the Fc receptor CD16 alone is sufficient for NK cell activation, whereas other receptors, such as 2B4 (CD244) and DNAM-1 (CD226), act synergistically. After receptor engagement, protein kinases play a major role in signaling networks controlling NK cell effector functions. However, it has not been characterized systematically which of all kinases encoded by the human genome (kinome) are involved in NK cell activation. RESULTS A kinase-selective phosphoproteome approach enabled the determination of 188 kinases expressed in human NK cells. Crosslinking of CD16 as well as 2B4 and DNAM-1 revealed a total of 313 distinct kinase phosphorylation sites on 109 different kinases. Phosphorylation sites on 21 kinases were similarly regulated after engagement of either CD16 or co-engagement of 2B4 and DNAM-1. Among those, increased phosphorylation of FYN, KCC2G (CAMK2), FES, and AAK1, as well as the reduced phosphorylation of MARK2, were reproducibly observed both after engagement of CD16 and co-engagement of 2B4 and DNAM-1. Notably, only one phosphorylation on PAK4 was differentally regulated. CONCLUSIONS The present study has identified a significant portion of the NK cell kinome and defined novel phosphorylation sites in primary lymphocytes. Regulated phosphorylations observed in the early phase of NK cell activation imply these kinases are involved in NK cell signaling. Taken together, this study suggests a largely shared signaling pathway downstream of distinct activation receptors and constitutes a valuable resource for further elucidating the regulation of NK cell effector responses.
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- Sebastian König
- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig, Germany
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Zaoui C, Overhage J, Löns D, Zimmermann A, Müsken M, Bielecki P, Pustelny C, Becker T, Nimtz M, Häussler S. An orphan sensor kinase controls quinolone signal production via MexT in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mol Microbiol 2012; 83:536-47. [PMID: 22168309 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07947.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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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Pseudomonas aeruginosa employs both N-acylhomoserine lactone and 2-alkyl-4(1H)-quinolone (AQ)-mediated interbacterial signalling for the orchestration of a genome-wide gene regulatory network. Despite the many advances that have been made in understanding the target genes of quorum sensing regulation, little is known on how quorum sensing systems are influenced by environmental cues. In this study, we show that AQ production is modulated by an orphan P. aeruginosa sensor kinase. Transcriptional studies of the sensor kinase (MxtR) mutant demonstrated that an induced expression of MexT, a LysR-type transcriptional regulator, largely determined the global transcriptional profile. Thereby, overexpression of the MexT-regulated MexEF-OprN efflux pump led to a delayed expression of the AQ biosynthetic genes and of AQ-dependent virulence factors. Furthermore, we demonstrated that autophosphorylation of MxtR was inhibited by ubiquinone, the central electron carrier of respiration in in vitro experiments. Our results elucidate on a mechanism by which P. aeruginosa senses environmental conditions and adapts by controlling the production of interbacterial AQ signal molecules. A regulatory function of a sensor kinase may indicate that there is a pre-emptive role of adaptation mechanisms that are turned on under distinct environmental conditions and that are important for efficient colonization and pathogenesis.
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- Caroline Zaoui
- Chronic Pseudomonas Infection Research Group, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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Solbak SMØ, Wray V, Horvli O, Raae AJ, Flydal MI, Henklein P, Henklein P, Nimtz M, Schubert U, Fossen T. The host-pathogen interaction of human cyclophilin A and HIV-1 Vpr requires specific N-terminal and novel C-terminal domains. BMC Struct Biol 2011; 11:49. [PMID: 22185200 PMCID: PMC3269379 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-11-49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cyclophilin A (CypA) represents a potential key molecule in future antiretroviral therapy since inhibition of CypA suppresses human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication. CypA interacts with the virus proteins Capsid (CA) and Vpr, however, the mechanism through which CypA influences HIV-1 infectivity still remains unclear. RESULTS Here the interaction of full-length HIV-1 Vpr with the host cellular factor CypA has been characterized and quantified by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy. A C-terminal region of Vpr, comprising the 16 residues 75GCRHSRIGVTRQRRAR90, with high binding affinity for CypA has been identified. This region of Vpr does not contain any proline residues but binds much more strongly to CypA than the previously characterized N-terminal binding domain of Vpr, and is thus the first protein binding domain to CypA described involving no proline residues. The fact that the mutant peptide Vpr75-90 R80A binds more weakly to CypA than the wild-type peptide confirms that Arg-80 is a key residue in the C-terminal binding domain. The N- and C-terminal binding regions of full-length Vpr bind cooperatively to CypA and have allowed a model of the complex to be created. The dissociation constant of full-length Vpr to CypA was determined to be approximately 320 nM, indicating that the binding may be stronger than that of the well characterized interaction of HIV-1 CA with CypA. CONCLUSIONS For the first time the interaction of full-length Vpr and CypA has been characterized and quantified. A non-proline-containing 16-residue region of C-terminal Vpr which binds specifically to CypA with similar high affinity as full-length Vpr has been identified. The fact that this is the first non-proline containing binding motif of any protein found to bind to CypA, changes the view on how CypA is able to interact with other proteins. It is interesting to note that several previously reported key functions of HIV-1 Vpr are associated with the identified N- and C-terminal binding domains of the protein to CypA.
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- Sara M Ø Solbak
- Centre of Pharmacy, University of Bergen, N-5007 Bergen Norway
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Voss M, Nimtz M, Leimkühler S. Elucidation of the dual role of Mycobacterial MoeZR in molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis and cysteine biosynthesis. PLoS One 2011; 6:e28170. [PMID: 22140533 PMCID: PMC3227635 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2011] [Accepted: 11/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The pathway of molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis has been studied in detail by using proteins from Mycobacterium species, which contain several homologs associated with the first steps of Moco biosynthesis. While all Mycobacteria species contain a MoeZR, only some strains have acquired an additional homolog, MoeBR, by horizontal gene transfer. The role of MoeBR and MoeZR was studied in detail for the interaction with the two MoaD-homologs involved in Moco biosynthesis, MoaD1 and MoaD2, in addition to the CysO protein involved in cysteine biosynthesis. We show that both proteins have a role in Moco biosynthesis, while only MoeZR, but not MoeBR, has an additional role in cysteine biosynthesis. MoeZR and MoeBR were able to complement an E. coli moeB mutant strain, but only in conjunction with the Mycobacterial MoaD1 or MoaD2 proteins. Both proteins were able to sulfurate MoaD1 and MoaD2 in vivo, while only MoeZR additionally transferred the sulfur to CysO. Our in vivo studies show that Mycobacteria have acquired several homologs to maintain Moco biosynthesis. MoeZR has a dual role in Moco- and cysteine biosynthesis and is involved in the sulfuration of MoaD and CysO, whereas MoeBR only has a role in Moco biosynthesis, which is not an essential function for Mycobacteria.
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- Martin Voss
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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El-Baky HA, Linke D, Nimtz M, Berger RG. PsoP1, a milk-clotting aspartic peptidase from the basidiomycete fungus Piptoporus soloniensis. J Agric Food Chem 2011; 59:10311-10316. [PMID: 21888369 DOI: 10.1021/jf2021495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The first enzyme of the basidiomycete Piptoporus soloniensis, a peptidase (PsoP1), was characterized after isolation from submerged cultures, purification by fractional precipitation, and preparative native-polyarylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). The native molecular mass of PsoP1 was 38 kDa with an isoelectric point of 3.9. Similar to chymosin from milk calves, PsoP1 showed a maximum milk-clotting activity (MCA) at 35-40 °C and was most stable at pH 6 and below 40 °C. The complete inhibition by pepstatin A identified this enzyme as an aspartic peptidase. Electrospray ionization-tandem MS showed an amino acid partial sequence that was more homologous to mammalian milk clotting peptidases than to the chymosin substitute from a fungal species, such as the Zygomycete Mucor miehei. According to sodium dodecyl sulfate-PAGE patterns, the peptidase cleaved κ-casein in a way similar to chymosin and hydrolyzed β-casein slowly, as it would be expected from an efficient chymosin substitute.
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- Hassan Abd El-Baky
- Zentrum Angewandte Chemie, Institut für Lebensmittelchemie der Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstrasse 5, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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Dahl JU, Urban A, Bolte A, Sriyabhaya P, Donahue JL, Nimtz M, Larson TJ, Leimkühler S. The identification of a novel protein involved in molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:35801-35812. [PMID: 21856748 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.282368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In the second step of the molybdenum cofactor (Moco) biosynthesis in Escherichia coli, the l-cysteine desulfurase IscS was identified as the primary sulfur donor for the formation of the thiocarboxylate on the small subunit (MoaD) of MPT synthase, which catalyzes the conversion of cyclic pyranopterin monophosphate to molybdopterin (MPT). Although in Moco biosynthesis in humans, the thiocarboxylation of the corresponding MoaD homolog involves two sulfurtransferases, an l-cysteine desulfurase, and a rhodanese-like protein, the rhodanese-like protein in E. coli remained enigmatic so far. Using a reverse approach, we identified a so far unknown sulfurtransferase for the MoeB-MoaD complex by protein-protein interactions. We show that YnjE, a three-domain rhodanese-like protein from E. coli, interacts with MoeB possibly for sulfur transfer to MoaD. The E. coli IscS protein was shown to specifically interact with YnjE for the formation of the persulfide group on YnjE. In a defined in vitro system consisting of MPT synthase, MoeB, Mg-ATP, IscS, and l-cysteine, YnjE was shown to enhance the rate of the conversion of added cyclic pyranopterin monophosphate to MPT. However, YnjE was not an enhancer of the cysteine desulfurase activity of IscS. This is the first report identifying the rhodanese-like protein YnjE as being involved in Moco biosynthesis in E. coli. We believe that the role of YnjE is to make the sulfur transfer from IscS for Moco biosynthesis more specific because IscS is involved in a variety of different sulfur transfer reactions in the cell.
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- Jan-Ulrik Dahl
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
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Schlenke P, Grabenhorst E, Nimtz M, Conradt HS. Construction and characterization of stably transfected BHK-21 cells with human-type sialylation characteristic. Cytotechnology 2011; 30:17-25. [PMID: 19003352 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008049603947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The human Golgi enzyme CMP-NeuAc:Gal(beta1-4)GlcNAc-R alpha2,6-sialyltransferase (ST6N) was stably coexpressed with human erythropoietin (EPO) from a BHK-21A cell line. The cell line was characterized with respect to the expression and in vitro activity of the ST6N and the endogenous alpha2,3-sialyltransferase. Detailed structural analysis of the N-linked carbohydrates of the rhuEPO expressed from the new cell line was performed by HPAE-PAD-mapping, MALDI/TOF-MS and methylation analysis after purification of the recombinant protein by immunoaffinity chromatography. This is the first report describing that the human alpha2,6-sialyltransferase is capable of sialylating, apart from Gal(beta1-4)GlcNAc-R, also GalNAc(beta1-4)GlcNAc-R motifs in vivo, which is not the case for the endogenous BHK-cell alpha2,3-sialyltransferase.
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- P Schlenke
- Department of Protein Glycosylation, GBF-Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung, Mascheroder Weg 1, D-38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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Hebecker S, Arendt W, Heinemann IU, Tiefenau JHJ, Nimtz M, Rohde M, Söll D, Moser J. Alanyl-phosphatidylglycerol synthase: mechanism of substrate recognition during tRNA-dependent lipid modification in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mol Microbiol 2011; 80:935-50. [PMID: 21392131 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07621.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Bacterial lipid homeostasis plays an important role for the adaptation to changing environments and under conditions of antimicrobial treatment. The tRNA-dependent aminoacylation of the phospholipid phosphatidylglycerol catalysed by aminoacyl-phosphatidylglycerol synthases was shown to render various organisms less susceptible to antibacterial agents. Therefore, this type of enzyme might provide a new target to potentiate the efficacy of existing antimicrobials. This study makes use of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa alanyl-phosphatidylglycerol synthase to identify the minimal core domain of this transmembrane protein, which is capable of alanyl-phosphatidylglycerol biosynthesis. Using this catalytic fragment we established a reliable activity assay that was used to study the enzymatic mechanism by analysing an overall of 33 mutant proteins in vitro. Substrate recognition was analysed by using aminoacylated microhelices as analogues of the natural tRNA substrate. The enzyme even tolerated mutated versions of this minimal substrate, which indicates that neither the intact tRNA, nor the individual sequence of the acceptor stem is a determinant for substrate recognition. Furthermore, the analysis of derivatives of phosphatidylglycerol indicated that the polar head group of the phospholipid is specifically recognized by the enzyme, whereas modification of an individual fatty acid or even the deletion of a single fatty acid did not abolish A-PG synthesis.
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- Stefanie Hebecker
- Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Lunkenbein S, Takenberg M, Nimtz M, Berger RG. Characterization of a hydrophobin of the ascomycete Paecilomyces farinosus. J Basic Microbiol 2011; 51:404-14. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201000305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2010] [Accepted: 11/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Darpel KE, Langner KFA, Nimtz M, Anthony SJ, Brownlie J, Takamatsu HH, Mellor PS, Mertens PPC. Saliva proteins of vector Culicoides modify structure and infectivity of bluetongue virus particles. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17545. [PMID: 21423801 PMCID: PMC3056715 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2010] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) are related orbiviruses, transmitted between their ruminant hosts primarily by certain haematophagous midge vectors (Culicoides spp.). The larger of the BTV outer-capsid proteins, 'VP2', can be cleaved by proteases (including trypsin or chymotrypsin), forming infectious subviral particles (ISVP) which have enhanced infectivity for adult Culicoides, or KC cells (a cell-line derived from C. sonorensis). We demonstrate that VP2 present on purified virus particles from 3 different BTV strains can also be cleaved by treatment with saliva from adult Culicoides. The saliva proteins from C. sonorensis (a competent BTV vector), cleaved BTV-VP2 more efficiently than those from C. nubeculosus (a less competent/non-vector species). Electrophoresis and mass spectrometry identified a trypsin-like protease in C. sonorensis saliva, which was significantly reduced or absent from C. nubeculosus saliva. Incubating purified BTV-1 with C. sonorensis saliva proteins also increased their infectivity for KC cells ∼10 fold, while infectivity for BHK cells was reduced by 2-6 fold. Treatment of an 'eastern' strain of EHDV-2 with saliva proteins of either C. sonorensis or C. nubeculosus cleaved VP2, but a 'western' strain of EHDV-2 remained unmodified. These results indicate that temperature, strain of virus and protein composition of Culicoides saliva (particularly its protease content which is dependent upon vector species), can all play a significant role in the efficiency of VP2 cleavage, influencing virus infectivity. Saliva of several other arthropod species has previously been shown to increase transmission, infectivity and virulence of certain arboviruses, by modulating and/or suppressing the mammalian immune response. The findings presented here, however, demonstrate a novel mechanism by which proteases in Culicoides saliva can also directly modify the orbivirus particle structure, leading to increased infectivity specifically for Culicoides cells and, in turn, efficiency of transmission to the insect vector.
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- Karin E Darpel
- Pirbright Laboratory, Vector-borne Disease Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Woking, United Kingdom.
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