Ss‐LrpB, a transcriptional regulator from <i>Sulfolobus solfataricus</i>, regulates a gene cluster with a pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase‐encoding operon and permease genes

Peeters, Eveline; Albers, Sonja‐Verena; Vassart, Amelia; Driessen, Arnold J. M.; Charlier, Daniël

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06578.x

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“…The first step to reveal the mechanism of ald regulation was to identify cis-regulatory elements in the upstream region of ald. According to previously reported footprinting results, a long stretch of DNA was generally protected by Lrp/AsnC family regulators (48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53)(54)(55)(56)(57)(58)(59)(60)(61), which indicates the presence of multiple binding sites on DNA. Likewise, four AldR-binding sites (O2, O1, O4, and O3) with a consensus sequence of GA/T-N 2 -WWN/NWW-N 2 -T/AC were identified upstream of the ald gene by sequence analysis in conjunction with DNase I footprinting analysis and EMSAs.…”

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Regulation Mechanism of the ald Gene Encoding Alanine Dehydrogenase in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis by the Lrp/AsnC Family Regulator AldR

Jeong

Hyun

2015

J Bacteriol

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In the presence of alanine, AldR, which belongs to the Lrp/AsnC family of transcriptional regulators and regulates ald encoding alanine dehydrogenase in Mycobacterium smegmatis, changes its quaternary structure from a homodimer to an octamer with an open-ring conformation. Four AldR-binding sites (O2, O1, O4, and O3) with a consensus sequence of GA/T-N 2 -NWW/WWN-N 2 -A/TC were identified upstream of the M. smegmatis ald gene by means of DNase I footprinting analysis. O2, O1, and O4 are required for the induction of ald expression by alanine, while O3 is directly involved in the repression of ald expression. In addition to O3, both O1 and O4 are also necessary for full repression of ald expression in the absence of alanine, due to cooperative binding of AldR dimers to O1, O4, and O3. Binding of a molecule of the AldR octamer to the ald control region was demonstrated to require two AldR-binding sites separated by three helical turns between their centers and one additional binding site that is in phase with the two AldR-binding sites. The cooperative binding of AldR dimers to DNA requires three AldR-binding sites that are aligned with a periodicity of three helical turns. The aldR gene is negatively autoregulated independently of alanine. Comparative analysis of ald expression of M. smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in conjunction with sequence analysis of both ald control regions led us to suggest that the expression of the ald genes in both mycobacterial species is regulated by the same mechanism. IMPORTANCEIn mycobacteria, alanine dehydrogenase (Ald) is the enzyme required both to utilize alanine as a nitrogen source and to grow under hypoxic conditions by maintaining the redox state of the NADH/NAD ؉ pool. Expression of the ald gene was reported to be regulated by the AldR regulator that belongs to the Lrp/AsnC (feast/famine) family, but the underlying mechanism was unknown. This study revealed the regulation mechanism of ald in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Furthermore, a generalized arrangement pattern of cis-acting regulatory sites for Lrp/AsnC (feast/famine) family regulators is suggested in this study. N AD(H)-dependent alanine dehydrogenase (Ald; EC 1.4.1.1) catalyzes the oxidative deamination of L-alanine to pyruvate and reversibly catalyzes the reductive amination of pyruvate to L-alanine. Ald is required for mycobacteria to utilize alanine as a nitrogen source via the oxidative deamination reaction (1-3). It was also proposed that Ald helps mycobacteria maintain the redox state of the NADH/NAD ϩ pool under respiration-inhibiting conditions, such as hypoxic conditions, by regenerating NAD ϩ from NADH via its reductive amination reaction (2, 4, 5). The enzyme forms a hexamer of identical subunits with the N-terminal catalytic domain and the C-terminal NAD(H)-binding domain (6, 7). Ald was shown to be one of the major antigens found in culture filtrates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (8,9).Expression of the ald gene as well as the synthesis and activity of Ald we...

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Regulation Mechanism of the ald Gene Encoding Alanine Dehydrogenase in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis by the Lrp/AsnC Family Regulator AldR

Jeong

Hyun

2015

J Bacteriol

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“…A mutant strain (PBL2025 [510]) lacking LrpB was generated but showed no effect during growth with tryptone or glucose (509). However, qRT-PCR confirmed that the transcript levels of the putative permeases and the por operon were reduced compared to those in wild-type cells, demonstrating a role as an activator (509). Later, in Sul.…”

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“…For SsoLrpB, a function in the regulation of genes involved in central carbohydrate metabolism was demonstrated. First, autoregulation of LrpB by binding to the control region of its own gene (508) and, later on, binding to promoter regions of adjacent genes encoding two putative permeases (SSO2126/SSO2127) as well as the first gene (porD) of the porDAB operon, encoding pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidoreductase, were demonstrated (509). A mutant strain (PBL2025 [510]) lacking LrpB was generated but showed no effect during growth with tryptone or glucose (509).…”

Section: Sulfolobus Solfataricusmentioning

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“…First, autoregulation of LrpB by binding to the control region of its own gene (508) and, later on, binding to promoter regions of adjacent genes encoding two putative permeases (SSO2126/SSO2127) as well as the first gene (porD) of the porDAB operon, encoding pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidoreductase, were demonstrated (509). A mutant strain (PBL2025 [510]) lacking LrpB was generated but showed no effect during growth with tryptone or glucose (509). However, qRT-PCR confirmed that the transcript levels of the putative permeases and the por operon were reduced compared to those in wild-type cells, demonstrating a role as an activator (509).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, Lrp-like proteins in Sul. solfataricus and Archaea in general seem to have an important function as global regulators in central metabolism as well as amino acid metabolism, whereas the role in Bacteria is restricted to regulation of genes involved in amino acid metabolism (509).…”

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Carbohydrate Metabolism in Archaea: Current Insights into Unusual Enzymes and Pathways and Their Regulation

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SUMMARY The metabolism of Archaea , the third domain of life, resembles in its complexity those of Bacteria and lower Eukarya . However, this metabolic complexity in Archaea is accompanied by the absence of many “classical” pathways, particularly in central carbohydrate metabolism. Instead, Archaea are characterized by the presence of unique, modified variants of classical pathways such as the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) pathway and the Entner-Doudoroff (ED) pathway. The pentose phosphate pathway is only partly present (if at all), and pentose degradation also significantly differs from that known for bacterial model organisms. These modifications are accompanied by the invention of “new,” unusual enzymes which cause fundamental consequences for the underlying regulatory principles, and classical allosteric regulation sites well established in Bacteria and Eukarya are lost. The aim of this review is to present the current understanding of central carbohydrate metabolic pathways and their regulation in Archaea . In order to give an overview of their complexity, pathway modifications are discussed with respect to unusual archaeal biocatalysts, their structural and mechanistic characteristics, and their regulatory properties in comparison to their classic counterparts from Bacteria and Eukarya . Furthermore, an overview focusing on hexose metabolic, i.e., glycolytic as well as gluconeogenic, pathways identified in archaeal model organisms is given. Their energy gain is discussed, and new insights into different levels of regulation that have been observed so far, including the transcript and protein levels (e.g., gene regulation, known transcription regulators, and posttranslational modification via reversible protein phosphorylation), are presented.

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Regulatory and pathogenesis roles of Mycobacterium Lrp/AsnC family transcriptional factors

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Lrp/AsnC (leucine-responsive regulatory protein/asparagine synthase C products) family transcriptional regulators, widespread among bacteria and archaea, is also known as feast/famine regulatory protein (FFRPs). They regulate multiple cellular metabolisms globally (Lrp) or specifically (AsnC), such as amino acid metabolism, pili synthesis, DNA transactions during DNA repair and recombination, and also might be implicated in persistence. To better understanding of the pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis, based on our lab's work on this transcriptional factor family, these progresses are summarized, with special focus on that of Mycobacterium via comparative genomics.

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Ss‐LrpB, a transcriptional regulator from Sulfolobus solfataricus, regulates a gene cluster with a pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase‐encoding operon and permease genes

Cited by 46 publications

References 70 publications

Regulation Mechanism of the ald Gene Encoding Alanine Dehydrogenase in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis by the Lrp/AsnC Family Regulator AldR

Regulation Mechanism of the ald Gene Encoding Alanine Dehydrogenase in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis by the Lrp/AsnC Family Regulator AldR

Carbohydrate Metabolism in Archaea: Current Insights into Unusual Enzymes and Pathways and Their Regulation

Regulatory and pathogenesis roles of Mycobacterium Lrp/AsnC family transcriptional factors

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