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The ammonium transporter AmtB and the PII signal transduction protein GlnZ are required to inhibit DraG in Azospirillum brasilense.
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The FEBS journal [FEBS J] 2019 Mar; Vol. 286 (6), pp. 1214-1229. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Feb 12. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The ammonium-dependent posttranslational regulation of nitrogenase activity in Azospirillum brasilense requires dinitrogenase reductase ADP-ribosyl transferase (DraT) and dinitrogenase reductase ADP-glycohydrolase (DraG). These enzymes are reciprocally regulated by interaction with the PII proteins, GlnB and GlnZ. In this study, purified ADP-ribosylated Fe-protein was used as substrate to study the mechanism involved in the regulation of A. brasilense DraG in vitro. The data show that DraG is partially inhibited by GlnZ and that DraG inhibition is further enhanced by the simultaneous presence of GlnZ and AmtB. These results are the first to demonstrate experimentally that DraG inactivation requires the formation of a ternary DraG-GlnZ-AmtB complex in vitro. Previous structural data have revealed that when the DraG-GlnZ complex associates with AmtB, the flexible T-loops of the trimeric GlnZ bind to AmtB and become rigid; these molecular events stabilize the DraG-GlnZ complex, resulting in DraG inactivation. To determine whether restraining the flexibility of the GlnZ T-loops is a limiting factor in DraG inhibition, we used a GlnZ variant that carries a partial deletion of the T-loop (GlnZΔ42-54). However, although the GlnZΔ42-54 variant was more effective in inhibiting DraG in vitro, it bound to DraG with a slightly lower affinity than does wild-type GlnZ and was not competent to completely inhibit DraG activity either in vitro or in vivo. We, therefore, conclude that the formation of a ternary complex between DraG-GlnZ-AmtB is necessary for the inactivation of DraG.<br /> (© 2019 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.)
- Subjects :
- ADP Ribose Transferases genetics
Azospirillum brasilense genetics
Azospirillum brasilense growth & development
Bacterial Proteins chemistry
Bacterial Proteins genetics
Cation Transport Proteins genetics
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
N-Glycosyl Hydrolases chemistry
N-Glycosyl Hydrolases genetics
PII Nitrogen Regulatory Proteins genetics
Protein Binding
Protein Conformation
Signal Transduction
ADP Ribose Transferases metabolism
Ammonium Compounds metabolism
Azospirillum brasilense metabolism
Bacterial Proteins metabolism
Cation Transport Proteins metabolism
N-Glycosyl Hydrolases metabolism
PII Nitrogen Regulatory Proteins metabolism
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1742-4658
- Volume :
- 286
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The FEBS journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30633437
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.14745