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  • 标题:Regulation of stringent factor by branched-chain amino acids
  • 作者:Mingxu Fang ; Carl E. Bauer
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:2018
  • 卷号:115
  • 期号:25
  • 页码:6446-6451
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.1803220115
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:When faced with amino acid starvation, prokaryotic cells induce a stringent response that modulates their physiology. The stringent response is manifested by production of signaling molecules guanosine 5′-diphosphate,3′-diphosphate (ppGpp) and guanosine 5′-triphosphate,3′-diphosphate (pppGpp) that are also called alarmones. In many species, alarmone levels are regulated by a multidomain bifunctional alarmone synthetase/hydrolase called Rel. In this enzyme, there is an ACT domain at the carboxyl region that has an unknown function; however, similar ACT domains are present in other enzymes that have roles in controlling amino acid metabolism. In many cases, these other ACT domains have been shown to allosterically regulate enzyme activity through the binding of amino acids. Here, we show that the ACT domain present in the Rhodobacter capsulatus Rel alarmone synthetase/hydrolase binds branched-chain amino acids valine and isoleucine. We further show that the binding of these amino acids stimulates alarmone hydrolase activity both in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, we found that the ACT domain present in Rel proteins from many diverse species also binds branched-chain amino acids. These results indicate that the cellular concentration of amino acids can directly affect Rel alarmone synthetase/hydrolase activity, thus adding another layer of control to current models of cellular control of the stringent response.
  • 关键词:stringent response ; RelA/SpoT homolog ; branched-chain amino acids ; Rhodobacter capsulatus ; (p)ppGpp alarmone hydrolase
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