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Transcriptome analysis for the original Bacillus subtilis K1 strain and UV mutagenic strain UW07 with high yield of pectate lyase was implemented with RNA-seq. The function of genes was annotated and metabolic pathways were classified to look for different expression genes and classify these genes into related metabolic pathways to reveal the high-yield mechanism of pectate lyase in UW07. The results showed that 397 genes were up-regulated and 617 genes were down-regulated compared with the original strain. The up-regulated genes were mainly involved in ABC transporters, two-component system, biosynthesis of amino acids, and carbon metabolism.
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Bacillus subtilis , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Polissacarídeo-Liases , Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Bacillus subtilis/genética , Polissacarídeo-Liases/genéticaRESUMO
Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is a cytochrome P450-type monooxygenase that catalyzes the oxidation of L-arginine to nitric oxide. We previously observed that intramolecular electron transfer from biopterin to Fe2+-O2 in Deinococcus radiodurans NOS (DrNOS) using pulse radiolysis. However, the rate of electron transfer in DrNOS (2.2 × 103 s-1) contrasts with a reported corresponding rate (11 s-1) in a mammalian NOS determined using rapid freeze-quench (RFQ) EPR. We applied pulse radiolysis to Bacillus subtilis NOS (bsNOS) and to rat neural NOS oxygenase domain NOS (mNOS). Concurrently, RFQ EPR was used to trap a pterin radical during single-turnover enzyme reactions of the enzymes. By using the pulse radiolysis method, hydrated electrons (eaq-) reduced the heme iron of NOS enzymes. Subsequently, ferrous heme reacted with O2 to form a Fe2+-O2 intermediate. In the presence of pterin, the intermediate of bsNOS was found to convert to other intermediate in the time range of milliseconds. A similar process was determined to have occurred after pulse radiolysis of the pterin-bound mNOS, though the rate was much slower. The intermediates of all of the NOS enzymes further converted to the original ferric form in the time range of seconds. When using the RFQ method, pterin radicals were formed very rapidly in both DrNOS and bsNOS in the time range of milliseconds. In contrast, the pterin radical in mNOS was observed to form slowly, at a rate of â¼20 s-1.
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Biopterina , Óxido Nítrico , Animais , Ratos , Arginina/metabolismo , Biopterina/metabolismo , Elétrons , Compostos Ferrosos , Heme/metabolismo , Ferro , Óxido Nítrico/metabolismo , Óxido Nítrico Sintase/metabolismo , Oxirredução , Pterinas , Bacillus subtilis/enzimologiaRESUMO
RNase Y is a crucial component of genetic translation, acting as the key enzyme initiating mRNA decay in many Gram-positive bacteria. The N-terminal domain of Bacillus subtilis RNase Y (Nter-BsRNaseY) is thought to interact with various protein partners within a degradosome complex. Bioinformatics and biophysical analysis have previously shown that Nter-BsRNaseY, which is in equilibrium between a monomeric and a dimeric form, displays an elongated fold with a high content of α-helices. Using multidimensional heteronuclear NMR and AlphaFold models, here, we show that the Nter-BsRNaseY dimer is constituted of a long N-terminal parallel coiled-coil structure, linked by a turn to a C-terminal region composed of helices that display either a straight or bent conformation. The structural organization of the N-terminal domain is maintained within the AlphaFold model of the full-length RNase Y, with the turn allowing flexibility between the N- and C-terminal domains. The catalytic domain is globular, with two helices linking the KH and HD modules, followed by the C-terminal region. This latter region, with no function assigned up to now, is most likely involved in the dimerization of B. subtilis RNase Y together with the N-terminal coiled-coil structure.
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Bacillus subtilis , Proteínas de Bactérias , Ribonucleases , Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Domínios Proteicos , Ribonucleases/química , Multimerização Proteica , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Ressonância Magnética Nuclear BiomolecularRESUMO
Microorganisms rely on the benefit of using chemical signals called autoinducers (AIs) as a connection matter in term of population, this mechanism is known as quorum sensing (QS). Quorum sensing is responsible for formation of biofilm together with virulence in bacteria. The most known QS molecule is N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs). A lot of degrading enzymes including lactonases that open the AHL ring and acylases that breakdown its acyl side chain can degrade or inactivate AHL. Due to similarity in lactone ring structure among AHLs it is susceptible to most of lactonases. Bacillus species are among the most promising bacteria producing AHL-lactonase. The aim of the work is to identify and study the diversity of the AHL-Lactonase gene among different Bacillus subtilis as a promising Quorum Quenching (QQ) strategy to prevent bacterial infections and biofilm formation. The AHL-lactonase (aiiA) gene of 64 B. subtilis isolates was amplified and sequenced followed by multiple sequence alignment of the translated amino acid sequences, homology modeling and docking study. An expected PCR product of about 750 base pair was detected in 22 B. subtilis isolates, and the results revealed that the isolates' sequences showed identity ranged between 97.61% and 99.47% with those in the NCBI GenBank database with 100% query coverage and 0.0 E-value. In addition, the results revealed high level of identity between many aiiA gene sequences of our isolates as they were closely related to the same sequences to many sequences of the NCBI GenBank database. The alignment of the amino acid sequences from the 22 B. subtilis isolates indicated that 84.4% of the amino acid residues were conserved between the aligned sequences. Docking of the co-crystalized ligand to wildtype and H109Y mutated protein showed a significant reduction of docking score for the mutated protein. This result indicate that this mutation might affect recognition or at least kinetics of these enzymes and hence their roles in quorum-quenching.
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Bacillus subtilis , Proteínas de Bactérias , Hidrolases de Éster Carboxílico , Acil-Butirolactonas , Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Bacillus subtilis/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Hidrolases de Éster Carboxílico/genética , Hidrolases de Éster Carboxílico/metabolismo , Variação Genética , Percepção de Quorum/genéticaRESUMO
The YidC family of proteins are membrane insertases that catalyze the translocation of the periplasmic domain of membrane proteins via a hydrophilic groove located within the inner leaflet of the membrane. All homologs have a strictly conserved, positively charged residue in the center of this groove. In Bacillus subtilis, the positively charged residue has been proposed to be essential for interacting with negatively charged residues of the substrate, supporting a hypothesis that YidC catalyzes insertion via an early-step electrostatic attraction mechanism. Here, we provide data suggesting that the positively charged residue is important not for its charge but for increasing the hydrophilicity of the groove. We found that the positively charged residue is dispensable for Escherichia coli YidC function when an adjacent residue at position 517 was hydrophilic or aromatic, but was essential when the adjacent residue was apolar. Additionally, solvent accessibility studies support the idea that the conserved positively charged residue functions to keep the top and middle of the groove sufficiently hydrated. Moreover, we demonstrate that both the E. coli and Streptococcus mutans YidC homologs are functional when the strictly conserved arginine is replaced with a negatively charged residue, provided proper stabilization from neighboring residues. These combined results show that the positively charged residue functions to maintain a hydrophilic microenvironment in the groove necessary for the insertase activity, rather than to form electrostatic interactions with the substrates.
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Proteínas de Escherichia coli , Proteínas de Membrana Transportadoras , Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/química , Escherichia coli/enzimologia , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/química , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Interações Hidrofóbicas e Hidrofílicas , Proteínas de Membrana Transportadoras/química , Proteínas de Membrana Transportadoras/metabolismo , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
Recently a technique based on the interaction between adhesion proteins extracted from Streptococcus pyogenes, known as SpyRing, has been widely used to improve the thermal resilience of enzymes, the assembly of biostructures, cancer cell recognition and other fields. It was believed that the covalent cyclization of protein skeleton caused by SpyRing reduces the conformational entropy of biological structure and improves its rigidity, thus improving the thermal resilience of the target enzyme. However, the effects of SpyTag/ SpyCatcher interaction with this enzyme are poorly understood, and their regulation of enzyme properties remains unclear. Here, for simplicity, we took the single domain enzyme lichenase from Bacillus subtilis 168 as an example, studied the interface interactions in the SpyRing by molecular dynamics simulations, and examined the effects of the changes of electrostatic interaction and van der Waals interaction on the thermal resilience of target enzyme. The simulations showed that the interface between SpyTag/SpyCatcher and the target enzyme is different from that found by geometric matching method and highlighted key mutations at the interface that might have effect on the thermal resilience of the enzyme. Our calculations highlighted interfacial interactions between enzyme and SpyTag/SpyCatcher, which might be useful in rational designs of the SpyRing.
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Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Glicosídeo Hidrolases/química , Glicosídeo Hidrolases/metabolismo , Temperatura Alta , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Streptococcus pyogenes/enzimologia , Ciclização , Concentração de Íons de HidrogênioRESUMO
NAD(H)/NADP(H)-dependent aldehyde/alcohol oxidoreductase (AAOR) participates in a wide range of physiologically important cellular processes by reducing aldehydes or oxidizing alcohols. Among AAOR substrates, furan aldehyde is highly toxic to microorganisms. To counteract the toxic effect of furan aldehyde, some bacteria have evolved AAOR that converts furan aldehyde into a less toxic alcohol. Based on biochemical and structural analyses, we identified Bacillus subtilis YugJ as an atypical AAOR that reduces furan aldehyde. YugJ displayed high substrate specificity toward 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), a furan aldehyde, in an NADPH- and Ni2+-dependent manner. YugJ folds into a two-domain structure consisting of a Rossmann-like domain and an α-helical domain. YugJ interacts with NADP and Ni2+ using the interdomain cleft of YugJ. A comparative analysis of three YugJ structures indicated that NADP(H) binding plays a key role in modulating the interdomain dynamics of YugJ. Noticeably, a nitrate ion was found in proximity to the nicotinamide ring of NADP in the YugJ structure, and the HMF-reducing activity of YugJ was inhibited by nitrate, providing insights into the substrate-binding mode of YugJ. These findings contribute to the characterization of the YugJ-mediated furan aldehyde reduction mechanism and to the rational design of improved furan aldehyde reductases for the biofuel industry.
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Aldeído Redutase/química , Aldeído Redutase/metabolismo , Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Furaldeído/análogos & derivados , NADP/metabolismo , Níquel/metabolismo , Aldeído Redutase/genética , Bacillus subtilis/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Clonagem Molecular , Cristalografia por Raios X , Furaldeído/metabolismo , Modelos Moleculares , Ligação Proteica , Conformação Proteica , Domínios Proteicos , Dobramento de Proteína , Especificidade por SubstratoRESUMO
Much of our current knowledge on nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) is based on studies in which the full NRPS system or each protein domain is expressed in heterologous hosts. Consequently, methods to detect the endogenous activity of NRPSs, under natural cellular conditions, are needed for the study of NRPS cell biology. Here, we describe the in vivo activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) for endogenous NRPSs and its applications to the study of their activities in bacteria. Remarkably, in vitro and in vivo ABPP in the context of the surfactin producer Bacillus subtilis enabled the visualization, tracking, and imaging of an endogenous SrfAB-NRPS with remarkable selectivity and sensitivity. Furthermore, in vivo, ABPP allowed the discovery of the degradation processes of the endogenous SrfAB-NRPS in the context of its native producer bacteria. Overall, this study deepens our understanding of the properties of NRPSs that cannot be addressed by conventional methods.
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Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Lipopeptídeos/biossíntese , Peptídeo Sintases/metabolismo , Proteômica , Bacillus subtilis/citologia , Lipopeptídeos/química , Conformação ProteicaAssuntos
Anafilaxia/etiologia , Bacillus subtilis/imunologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/efeitos adversos , Hipersensibilidade Alimentar/etiologia , Alimentos de Soja/efeitos adversos , Soja/efeitos adversos , Subtilisinas/efeitos adversos , Anafilaxia/diagnóstico , Anafilaxia/imunologia , Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/imunologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Hipersensibilidade Alimentar/diagnóstico , Hipersensibilidade Alimentar/imunologia , Humanos , Testes Intradérmicos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Soja/imunologia , Soja/microbiologia , Subtilisinas/imunologia , Subtilisinas/metabolismoRESUMO
The Bacillus subtilis genome is predicted to encode numerous ribonucleases, including four 3' exoribonucleases that have been characterized to some extent. A strain containing gene knockouts of all four known 3' exoribonucleases is viable, suggesting that one or more additional RNases remain to be discovered. A protein extract from the quadruple RNase mutant strain was fractionated and RNase activity was followed, resulting in the identification of an enzyme activity catalyzed by the YloC protein. YloC is an endoribonuclease and is a member of the highly conserved "YicC family" of proteins that is widespread in bacteria. YloC is a metal-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of single-stranded RNA, preferentially at U residues, and exists in an oligomeric form, most likely a hexamer. As such, YloC shares some characteristics with the SARS-CoV Nsp15 endoribonuclease. While the in vivo function of YloC in B. subtilis is yet to be determined, YloC was found to act similarly to YicC in an Escherichia coli in vivo assay that assesses decay of the small RNA, RyhB. Thus, YloC may play a role in small RNA regulation.
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Bacillus subtilis/genética , Endorribonucleases/genética , Endorribonucleases/metabolismo , Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Endorribonucleases/química , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , Microrganismos Geneticamente Modificados , Mutação , Estabilidade de RNA , RNA Bacteriano/química , RNA Bacteriano/metabolismo , Ribonucleases/genética , Ribonucleases/metabolismo , Especificidade por Substrato , Proteínas não Estruturais Virais/metabolismoRESUMO
The synthesis of amides through acid and amine coupling is one of the most commonly used reactions in medicinal chemistry, yet still requires atom-inefficient coupling reagents. There is a current demand to develop greener, biocatalytic approaches to amide bond formation. The nitrile synthetase (NS) enzymes are a small family of ATP-dependent enzymes which catalyse the transformation of a carboxylic acid into the corresponding nitrile via an amide intermediate. The Bacillus subtilis QueC (BsQueC) is an NS involved in the synthesis of 7-cyano-7-deazaguanine (CDG) natural products. Through sequence homology and structural analysis of BsQueC we identified three highly conserved residues, which could potentially play important roles in NS substrate binding and catalysis. Rational engineering led to the creation of a NS K163A/R204A biocatalyst that converts the CDG acid into the primary amide, but does not proceed to the nitrile. This study suggests that NSs could be further developed for coupling agent-free, amide-forming biocatalysts.
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Amidas/metabolismo , Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Guanosina/análogos & derivados , Ligases/metabolismo , Nitrilas/metabolismo , Engenharia de Proteínas , Amidas/química , Guanosina/biossíntese , Guanosina/química , Ligases/química , Estrutura Molecular , Nitrilas/químicaRESUMO
The ResD-ResE signal transduction system plays a pivotal role in anaerobic nitrate respiration in Bacillus subtilis. The nasD operon encoding nitrite reductase is essential for nitrate respiration and is tightly controlled by the ResD response regulator. To understand the mechanism of ResD-dependent transcription activation of the nasD operon, we explored ResD-RNA polymerase (RNAP), ResD-DNA, and RNAP-DNA interactions required for nasD transcription. Full transcriptional activation requires the upstream promoter region where five molecules of ResD bind. The distal ResD-binding subsite at -87 to -84 partially overlaps a sequence similar to the consensus distal subsite of the upstream (UP) element with which the Escherichia coli C-terminal domain of the α subunit (αCTD) of RNAP interacts to stimulate transcription. We propose that interaction between αCTD and ResD at the promoter-distal site is essential for stimulating nasD transcription. Although nasD has an extended -10 promoter, it lacks a reasonable -35 element. Genetic analysis and structural simulations predicted that the absence of the -35 element might be compensated by interactions between σA and αCTD and between αCTD and ResD at the promoter-proximal ResD-binding subsite. Thus, our work suggested that ResD participates in nasD transcription activation by binding to two αCTD subunits at the proximal and distal promoter sites, representing a unique configuration for transcription activation. IMPORTANCE A significant number of ResD-controlled genes have been identified, and transcription regulatory pathways in which ResD participates have emerged. Nevertheless, the mechanism of how ResD activates transcription of different genes in a nucleotide sequence-specific manner has been less explored. This study suggested that among the five ResD-binding subsites in the promoter of the nasD operon, the promoter-proximal and -distal ResD-binding subsites play important roles in nasD activation by adapting different modes of protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions. The finding of a new type of protein-promoter architecture provides insight into the understanding of transcription activation mechanisms controlled by transcription factors, including the ubiquitous response regulators of two-component regulatory systems, particularly in Gram-positive bacteria.
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Bacillus subtilis/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , RNA Polimerases Dirigidas por DNA/genética , Nitrito Redutases/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Ativação Transcricional , Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , RNA Polimerases Dirigidas por DNA/metabolismo , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , Nitrito Redutases/metabolismo , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismoRESUMO
The WalR-WalK two component signaling system in Bacillus subtilis functions in the homeostatic control of the peptidoglycan (PG) hydrolases LytE and CwlO that are required for cell growth. When the activities of these enzymes are low, WalR activates transcription of lytE and cwlO and represses transcription of iseA, a secreted inhibitor of LytE. Conversely, when PG hydrolase activity is too high, WalR-dependent expression of lytE and cwlO is reduced and iseA is derepressed. In a screen for additional factors that regulate this signaling pathway, we discovered that overexpression of the membrane-anchored PG deacetylase PdaC increases WalR-dependent gene expression. We show that increased expression of PdaC, but not catalytic mutants, prevents cell wall cleavage by both LytE and CwlO, explaining the WalR activation. Importantly, the pdaC gene, like iseA, is repressed by active WalR. We propose that derepression of pdaC when PG hydrolase activity is too high results in modification of the membrane-proximal layers of the PG, protecting the wall from excessive cleavage by the membrane-tethered CwlO. Thus, the WalR-WalK system homeostatically controls the levels and activities of both elongation-specific cell wall hydrolases. IMPORTANCE Bacterial growth and division requires a delicate balance between the synthesis and remodeling of the cell wall exoskeleton. How bacteria regulate the potentially autolytic enzymes that remodel the cell wall peptidoglycan remains incompletely understood. Here, we provide evidence that the broadly conserved WalR-WalK two-component signaling system homeostatically controls both the levels and activities of two cell wall hydrolases that are critical for cell growth.
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Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Bacillus subtilis/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , N-Acetil-Muramil-L-Alanina Amidase/genética , Peptidoglicano/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Bacillus subtilis/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Bacillus subtilis/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Parede Celular/enzimologia , Parede Celular/metabolismo , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , N-Acetil-Muramil-L-Alanina Amidase/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologiaRESUMO
DNA lesions that impede fork progression cause replisome stalling and threaten genome stability. Bacillus subtilis RecA, at a lesion-containing gap, interacts with and facilitates DisA pausing at these branched intermediates. Paused DisA suppresses its synthesis of the essential c-di-AMP messenger. The RuvAB-RecU resolvasome branch migrates and resolves formed Holliday junctions (HJ). We show that DisA prevents DNA degradation. DisA, which interacts with RuvB, binds branched structures, and reduces the RuvAB DNA-dependent ATPase activity. DisA pre-bound to HJ DNA limits RuvAB and RecU activities, but such inhibition does not occur if the RuvAB- or RecU-HJ DNA complexes are pre-formed. RuvAB or RecU pre-bound to HJ DNA strongly inhibits DisA-mediated synthesis of c-di-AMP, and indirectly blocks cell proliferation. We propose that DisA limits RuvAB-mediated fork remodeling and RecU-mediated HJ cleavage to provide time for damage removal and replication restart in order to preserve genome integrity.
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Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , DNA Helicases/metabolismo , Replicação do DNA/fisiologia , Resolvases de Junção Holliday/metabolismo , Fósforo-Oxigênio Liases/metabolismo , Adenosina Trifosfatases/antagonistas & inibidores , Adenosina Trifosfatases/metabolismo , Quebra Cromossômica , DNA Bacteriano/metabolismo , DNA Cruciforme/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Fosfatos de Dinucleosídeos/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/genética , Magnésio/metabolismoRESUMO
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is toxic to animals and threatens food safety through residues in animal tissues. A novel degrading strain Bacillus subtilis ANSB168 was isolated and further investigated. We cloned d-alanyl-d-alanine carboxypeptidase DacA and DacB from ANSB168 and over-expressed them in Escherichia coli Rosetta (DE3). Then, we characterized the OTA degradation mechanism of DacA and DacB, which was degrading OTA into OTα. A total of 45 laying hens were divided into three equal groups. The control group was fed basal feed, and other groups were administered with OTA (250 µg/kg of feed). A freeze-dried culture powder of ANSB168 (3 × 107 CFU/g, 2 kg/T of feed) was added to one of the OTA-fed groups for 28 days from day one of the experiment. We found that OTA significantly damaged the kidney and liver, inducing inflammation and activating the humoral immune system, causing oxidative stress in the layers. The ANSB168 bioproduct was able to alleviate OTA-induced kidney and liver damage, relieving OTA-induced inflammation and oxidative stress. Overall, DacA and DacB derived from ANSB168 degraded OTA into OTα, while the ANSB168 bioproduct was able to alleviate damages induced by OTA in laying hens.
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Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/farmacologia , Contaminação de Alimentos/prevenção & controle , Inflamação/prevenção & controle , Ocratoxinas/toxicidade , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , D-Ala-D-Ala Carboxipeptidase Tipo Serina/metabolismo , Ração Animal/análise , Ração Animal/toxicidade , Animais , Bloqueadores dos Canais de Cálcio/toxicidade , Galinhas , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Feminino , Contaminação de Alimentos/análise , Inflamação/induzido quimicamente , Inflamação/enzimologia , Inflamação/patologiaRESUMO
Cyclic-di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is an important nucleotide signaling molecule that plays a key role in osmotic regulation in bacteria. c-di-AMP is produced from two molecules of ATP by proteins containing a diadenylate cyclase (DAC) domain. In Bacillus subtilis, the main c-di-AMP cyclase, CdaA, is a membrane-linked cyclase with an N-terminal transmembrane domain followed by the cytoplasmic DAC domain. As both high and low levels of c-di-AMP have a negative impact on bacterial growth, the cellular levels of this signaling nucleotide are tightly regulated. Here we investigated how the activity of the B. subtilis CdaA is regulated by the phosphoglucomutase GlmM, which has been shown to interact with the c-di-AMP cyclase. Using the soluble B. subtilis CdaACD catalytic domain and purified full-length GlmM or the GlmMF369 variant lacking the C-terminal flexible domain 4, we show that the cyclase and phosphoglucomutase form a stable complex in vitro and that GlmM is a potent cyclase inhibitor. We determined the crystal structure of the individual B. subtilis CdaACD and GlmM homodimers and of the CdaACD:GlmMF369 complex. In the complex structure, a CdaACD dimer is bound to a GlmMF369 dimer in such a manner that GlmM blocks the oligomerization of CdaACD and formation of active head-to-head cyclase oligomers, thus suggesting a mechanism by which GlmM acts as a cyclase inhibitor. As the amino acids at the CdaACD:GlmM interphase are conserved, we propose that the observed mechanism of inhibition of CdaA by GlmM may also be conserved among Firmicutes.
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Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Complexos Multienzimáticos/química , Fosfoglucomutase/química , Fósforo-Oxigênio Liases/química , Multimerização Proteica , Bacillus subtilis/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Cristalografia por Raios X , Complexos Multienzimáticos/genética , Fosfoglucomutase/genética , Fósforo-Oxigênio Liases/genética , Domínios Proteicos , Estrutura Quaternária de ProteínaRESUMO
Dye-decolorizing peroxidases (DyPs) are heme-containing peroxidases, which have promising application in biodegradation of phenolic lignin compounds and in detoxification of dyes. In this study, the crystal structure of BsDyP- veratryl alcohol (VA) complex delves deep into the binding of small substrate molecules within the DyP heme cavity. The biochemical analysis shows that BsDyP oxidizes the VA with a turnover number of 0.065 s-1, followed by the oxidation of 2,6-dimethoxyphenol (DMP) and guaiacol with a comparable turnover number (kcat) of 0.07 s-1 and 0.07 s-1, respectively. Moreover, biophysical and computational studies reveal the comparable binding affinity of substrates to BsDyP and produce lower-energy stable BsDyP-ligand(s) complexes. All together with our previous findings, we are providing a complete structural description of substrate-binding sites in DyP. The structural insight of BsDyP helps to modulate its engineering to enhance the activity towards the oxidation of a wide range of substrates.
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Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Álcoois Benzílicos/química , Peroxidase/química , Fenóis/química , OxirreduçãoRESUMO
Bacillus subtilis BsDyP belongs to class I of the dye-decolorizing peroxidase (DyP) family of enzymes and is an interesting biocatalyst due to its high redox potential, broad substrate spectrum and thermostability. This work reports the optimization of BsDyP using directed evolution for improved oxidation of 2,6-dimethoxyphenol, a model lignin-derived phenolic. After three rounds of evolution, one variant was identified displaying 7-fold higher catalytic rates and higher production yields as compared to the wild-type enzyme. The analysis of X-ray structures of the wild type and the evolved variant showed that the heme pocket is delimited by three long conserved loop regions and a small α helix where, incidentally, the mutations were inserted in the course of evolution. One loop in the proximal side of the heme pocket becomes more flexible in the evolved variant and the size of the active site cavity is increased, as well as the width of its mouth, resulting in an enhanced exposure of the heme to solvent. These conformational changes have a positive functional role in facilitating electron transfer from the substrate to the enzyme. However, they concomitantly resulted in decreasing the enzyme's overall stability by 2 kcal mol-1, indicating a trade-off between functionality and stability. Furthermore, the evolved variant exhibited slightly reduced thermal stability compared to the wild type. The obtained data indicate that understanding the role of loops close to the heme pocket in the catalysis and stability of DyPs is critical for the development of new and more powerful biocatalysts: loops can be modulated for tuning important DyP properties such as activity, specificity and stability.
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Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Heme/química , Mutação , Peroxidase/química , Peroxidase/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Catálise , Domínio Catalítico , Corantes/química , Corantes/metabolismo , Estabilidade Enzimática , Heme/metabolismo , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Oxirredução , Peroxidase/genética , Conformação ProteicaRESUMO
Bacillus subtilis has been widely used as a prokaryotic host for the secretory expression of heterologous proteins. In this study, a pullulanase (PulA) from Anoxybacillus sp. LM18-11 was firstly identified to be expressed in Bacillus subtilis 1A751 through non-classical secretion pathway. Results showed that both the N- and C-terminal regions of PulA were essential for its soluble expression. To explore its specific structural basis of secretion in B. subtilis, we revealed a hydrophobic motif A501-H507 which is vital for the secretion of the whole protein of PulA. Through a series of site-specific mutagenesis, the triple-sites mutants R503E/I506E/H507E and R503E/I506Y/H507E showed the highest extracellular activity (160.07 U/mL) and total activity (243.37 U/mL) which was 1.71 times and 1.55 times higher than those of PulA. The highest secretion rate of mutant I506E/H507E was more than 50% which was 34.72% higher comparing with that of PulA. The glutamic acid substitution on these three key surface sites which decreased the surface hydrophobicity of that region was confirmed to be beneficial to improve the secretory expression of PulA. This novel discovery for the secretory expression of PulA in B. subtilis would make a new perspective on regulating a kind of non-classical secretion in B. subtilis.
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Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Proteínas de Bactérias , Glicosídeo Hidrolases , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Glicosídeo Hidrolases/química , Glicosídeo Hidrolases/metabolismo , Interações Hidrofóbicas e Hidrofílicas , Domínios ProteicosRESUMO
Herein, we cloned and expressed an endo-ß-1,4-glucanase gene (celA1805) from Bacillus subtilis B111 in Escherichia coli. The recombinant celA1805 contains a glycosyl hydrolase (GH) family 8 domain and shared 76.8% identity with endo-1,4-ß-glucanase from Bacillus sp. KSM-330. Results showed that the optimal pH and temperature of celA1805 were 6.0 and 50°C, respectively, and it was stable at pH 3-9 and temperature ≤50°C. Metal ions slightly affected enzyme activity, but chemical agents generally inhibited enzyme activity. Moreover, celA1805 showed a wide substrate specificity to CMC, barley ß-glucan, lichenin, chitosan, PASC and avicel. The Km and Vmax values of celA1805 were 1.78 mg/ml and 50.09 µmol/min/mg. When incubated with cellooligosaccharides ranging from cellotriose to cellopentose, celA1805 mainly hydrolyzed cellotetrose (G4) and cellopentose (G5) to cellose (G2) and cellotriose (G3), but hardly hydrolyzed cellotriose. The concentrations of reducing sugars saccharified by celA1805 from wheat straw, rape straw, rice straw, peanut straw, and corn straw were increased by 0.21, 0.51, 0.26, 0.36, and 0.66 mg/ml, respectively. The results obtained in this study suggest potential applications of celA1805 in biomass saccharification.