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Rybina AA, Glushak RA, Bessonova TA, Dakhnovets AI, Rudenko AY, Ozhiganov RM, Kaznadzey AD, Tutukina MN, Gelfand MS. Phylogeny and structural modeling of the transcription factor CsqR (YihW) from Escherichia coli. Sci Rep 2024; 14:7852. [PMID: 38570624 PMCID: PMC10991401 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58492-y] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
Abstract
CsqR (YihW) is a local transcription factor that controls expression of yih genes involved in degradation of sulfoquinovose in Escherichia coli. We recently showed that expression of the respective gene cassette might be regulated by lactose. Here, we explore the phylogenetic and functional traits of CsqR. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that CsqR had a conserved Met25. Western blot demonstrated that CsqR was synthesized in the bacterial cell as two protein forms, 28.5 (CsqR-l) and 26 kDa (CsqR-s), the latter corresponding to start of translation at Met25. CsqR-s was dramatically activated during growth with sulfoquinovose as a sole carbon source, and displaced CsqR-l in the stationary phase during growth on rich medium. Molecular dynamic simulations revealed two possible states of the CsqR-s structure, with the interdomain linker being represented by either a disordered loop or an ɑ-helix. This helix allowed the hinge-like motion of the N-terminal domain resulting in a switch of CsqR-s between two conformational states, "open" and "compact". We then modeled the interaction of both CsqR forms with putative effectors sulfoquinovose, sulforhamnose, sulfoquinovosyl glycerol, and lactose, and revealed that they all preferred the same pocket in CsqR-l, while in CsqR-s there were two possible options dependent on the linker structure.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anna A Rybina
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia, 121205.
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- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 119234
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics RAS (Federal Research Center "Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research RAS"), Pushchino, Russia, 142290
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 119991
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 119991
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- Institute for Information Transmission Problems RAS, Moscow, Russia, 127051
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia, 121205
- Institute of Cell Biophysics RAS (Federal Research Center "Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research RAS"), Pushchino, Russia, 142290
- Institute for Information Transmission Problems RAS, Moscow, Russia, 127051
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia, 121205
- Institute for Information Transmission Problems RAS, Moscow, Russia, 127051
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Bessonova TA, Fando MS, Kostareva OS, Tutukina MN, Ozoline ON, Gelfand MS, Nikulin AD, Tishchenko SV. Differential Impact of Hexuronate Regulators ExuR and UxuR on the Escherichia coli Proteome. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158379. [PMID: 35955512 PMCID: PMC9369180 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
ExuR and UxuR are paralogous proteins belonging to the GntR family of transcriptional regulators. Both are known to control hexuronic acid metabolism in a variety of Gammaproteobacteria but the relative impact of each of them is still unclear. Here, we apply 2D difference electrophoresis followed by mass-spectrometry to characterise the changes in the Escherichia coli proteome in response to a uxuR or exuR deletion. Our data clearly show that the effects are different: deletion of uxuR resulted in strongly enhanced expression of D-mannonate dehydratase UxuA and flagellar protein FliC, and in a reduced amount of outer membrane porin OmpF, while the absence of ExuR did not significantly alter the spectrum of detected proteins. Consequently, the physiological roles of proteins predicted as homologs seem to be far from identical. Effects of uxuR deletion were largely dependent on the cultivation conditions: during growth with glucose, UxuA and FliC were dramatically altered, while during growth with glucuronate, activation of both was not so prominent. During the growth with glucose, maximal activation was detected for FliC. This was further confirmed by expression analysis and physiological tests, thus suggesting the involvement of UxuR in the regulation of bacterial motility and biofilm formation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tatiana A. Bessonova
- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, PSCBR RAS, Institutskaya, 3, Pushchino 142290, Russia; (T.A.B.); (O.N.O.)
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- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya, 4, Pushchino 142290, Russia; (M.S.F.); (O.S.K.); (A.D.N.); (S.V.T.)
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- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya, 4, Pushchino 142290, Russia; (M.S.F.); (O.S.K.); (A.D.N.); (S.V.T.)
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, PSCBR RAS, Institutskaya, 3, Pushchino 142290, Russia; (T.A.B.); (O.N.O.)
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30 Build 1, Moscow 121205, Russia;
- Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy Karetny Per 19 Build 1, Moscow 127051, Russia
- Correspondence:
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, PSCBR RAS, Institutskaya, 3, Pushchino 142290, Russia; (T.A.B.); (O.N.O.)
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Bolshoy Boulevard 30 Build 1, Moscow 121205, Russia;
- Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy Karetny Per 19 Build 1, Moscow 127051, Russia
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- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya, 4, Pushchino 142290, Russia; (M.S.F.); (O.S.K.); (A.D.N.); (S.V.T.)
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- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya, 4, Pushchino 142290, Russia; (M.S.F.); (O.S.K.); (A.D.N.); (S.V.T.)
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Bessonova TA, Lekontseva NV, Shvyreva US, Nikulin AD, Tutukina MN, Ozoline ON. Overproduction and purification of the Escherichia coli transcription factors "toxic" to a bacterial cell. Protein Expr Purif 2019; 161:70-77. [PMID: 31054315 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Transcription factors play a crucial role in control of life of a bacterial cell, working as switchers to a different life style or pathogenicity. To reconstruct the network of regulatory events taking place in changing growth conditions, we need to know regulons of as many transcription factors as possible, and motifs recognized by them. Experimentally this can be attained via ChIP-seq in vivo, SELEX and DNAse I footprinting in vitro. All these approaches require large amounts of purified proteins. However, overproduction of transcription factors leading to their extensive binding to the regulatory elements on the DNA make them toxic to a bacterial cell thus significantly complicating production of a soluble protein. Here, on the example of three regulators from Escherichia coli, UxuR, ExuR, and LeuO, we show that stable production of toxic transcription factors in a soluble fraction can be significantly enhanced by holding the expression of a recombinant protein back at the early stages of bacterial growth. This can be achieved by cloning genes together with their regulatory regions containing repressor sites, with subsequent growth in a very rich media where activity of excessive regulators is not crucial, followed by induction with a very low concentration of an inducer. Schemes of further purification of these proteins were developed, and functional activity was confirmed.
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- Tatiana A Bessonova
- Institute of Cell Biophysics of RAS, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290, Russia; Institute of Protein Research RAS, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290, Russia; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics of RAS, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290, Russia; Institute of Protein Research RAS, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Protein Research RAS, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics of RAS, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290, Russia; Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems RAS, Moscow, 127051, Russia
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics of RAS, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290, Russia
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