a structural genomics approach to the study of quorum sensing: crystal structures of three luxs...
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A Structural Genomics Approachto the Study of Quorum Sensing:
Crystal Structures of Three LuxS Orthologs
Speaker: 簡湘誼Date: 2002/10/08
Structure, vol. 9, 527-537, June, 2001
Outline
• IntroductionQuorum sensing, structural genomics, LuxS protein
• Results and discussion
• Biological implications
What is Quorum sensing?
• Quorum sensing is the mechanism by which bacteria control gene expression in response to cell density.
• It is very important fot pathogenic bacteria during infection of a host (e.g. humans, other animals or plants) to co-ordinate their virulence in order to escape the immune response of the host in order to establish a successful infection.Helicobacter pylori...
• Two major quorum sensing system: system 1 and system 2
• System 1
Signaling molecule: autoinducer-1
(AI-1, N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones)
Gram-negative bacteria
• System 2_more widespread
Signaling molecule: autoinducer-2 (AI-2)
Gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria
AI-2 production depends on the proper function of LuxS gene.
Two major quorum sensing system:
Signaling system 1 Signaling system 2
AI-1 AI-2
AI-1 AI-2
Signal 1 Sensor 1 Signal 2Sensor 2
lux M lux N lux P lux Slux CDABEGH
Model for genetic control of luminescence in V. harveyi.
(Bassler, Molecular Microbiology (1993) 9(4), 773-786)
The advantage of Structural Genomics
• An emerging field of postgenomic discovery
• This information will aid the assignment of biochemical function to the large fraction of genomes of unknown function.
• In this paper, the authors describe the st
ructure of one component of the AI-2 bio
synthesis pathway, LuxS, from three diff
erent bacteria, Helicobacter pylori, Dein
ococcus radiodurans, and Haemophilus
influenzae.
* HP, Helicobacter pylori (J99_jsh0097); DR, Deinococcus radiodurans; HI, Haemophilus influenzae; CJ, Campylobacter jejuni; BB, Borrelia burgdorferi.
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Structure Determination
• The average, pairwise identity among thes
e five sequences is 38%.
* HP, Helicobacter pylori; DR, Deinococcus radiodurans; HI, Haemophilus infl
uenzae; CJ, Campylobacter jejuni; BB, Borrelia burgdorferi.
• A strong structural similarity between thes
e proteins.
H. pylori D. radiodurans H. influenzae C. jejuni B. burgdorferi
Protein construct
C-terminal His-tagged proteins in pET26b-derived expression vectors
Induction with IPTG
Sample condition
150mM NaCl, 10mM methionine, 1mM β-mercaptoethanol,
10mM HEPES (pH 7.5)
Crystallization condition
32%PEG1000,
200mM ammonium sulfate,
100mM MES (pH 7.5),
30mM β-mercaptoethanol (BME), 20°C, 5 mg/ml protein concentration
26% PEG MME 5000,
100mM MES (pH 6.5), 30mM BME, 4°C,
19 mg/ml protein conc
entration
21% PEG MME 5000, 100mM Bis-Tris (pH 6.25), 30mM BME,
12°C, 10 mg/ml protein concentration
Space group P41212P21
C2P42212
Structure of the LuxS Monomer
• The overall folds observed for LuxS are similar and consist of four-stranded antiparallel β sheet in contact with four α helices.H1-S1-S2-H2-S3-S4-H3-H4
• Many of the conserved residues in the LuxS
protein are hydrophobic.
Figure2. Stereo Ribbon Diagrams of One Monomer in the Asymmetric Unit of the LuxS Proteins Examined in This Paper
Beta strands are displayed in cyan, α helices are displayed in red, and 310 helices are displayed in blue.
(a) LuxS from H. pylori.(b) LuxS from H. influenza.(c) LuxS from D. radiodurans.
Homodimer
• The metal and substrate binding sites lie
at the dimer interface.
• Dynamic light-scattering studies showed
a dimer interaction in solutions of the Lu
xS proteins.
Figure 3. Stereo Ribbon Diagram of the LuxS HomodimerThe same color coding as that shown in Figure 2 is used.(a) The dimer observed in the asymmetric unit of Hp_LuxS.(b) Same as in (a), except rotated 90 degree out of the plane of the page.
Metal Binding Pocket
• Analysis of the LuxS data revealed electron density in a binding pocket, composed of His57, His61, and Cys131 in coordination distance with a metal atom and with His 137 nearby in supporting role. Go to…
• This is suggestive of an enzymatic role for the metal, as many zinc enzymes have a similarly coordinated zinc ion. Go to “ substrate binding site ”…
Figure 5. Ball and Stick and Ribbon Diagrams of the Metal Binding Site
(a) The metal binding pocket of Hp_LuxS with His61, His57, His137, and Cys131 side chains shown as a ball and stick.
Figure 5. Ball and Stick and Ribbon Diagrams of the Metal Binding Site
(b) The putative metal binding pocket from threonyl-tRNA synthetase (yellow) is superimposed on the LuxS zinc binding pocket (cyan) shown in (a).
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Substrate Binding Site
• An interesting patch of residual density near the metal binding site was observed.
• Glu60, Arg68, and Asp80 are highly conserved in the LuxS proteins.
• The extra density was consistent with a bound methionine molecule.
• Methionine?There is no evidence that methionine palys an in vivo role as a substrate for LuxS.Indeed, the metheionine side chain is too short to reach the metal site. Go to Figure 4…
Summary
• LuxS is a homodimer in solution.
• LuxS has zinc binding site comprised of two histidines and a cysteine, suggesting that the protein is a zinc metalloenzyme.
• Observations of a bound mehtionine supports arguments that the LuxS substrate is an amino acid derivative.
• Evidence for the importance of the homodimer in the f
unction of LuxS is that the methionine ligand binding o
ccurs at the dimer interface.
• Additionally, channels in the protein that lead to and fr
om the substrate binding site, providing access for su
bstrate and egress for product, are visible. One chann
el leads through one monomer to the binding site of th
e other.
• The methionine backbone interactions with highly con
served residues in LuxS indicate that the physiologic
al substrate is an amino acid or a derivative thereof.
• Many signals used by bacteria for intercellular comm
unication are amino acid based.
The LuxS substrate is S-ribosylhomocysteine.(Bassler, Molecular Microbiology (2001) 41(2), 463–476)
Figure 8. Modleing of S-ribosylhomocysteine into the Ligand Binding Pocket of One Monomer of Dr_LuxS Back
Biological Implications
• From genetic studies, LuxS is known to be requires for
AI-2 generation.
• The natural substrate for LuxS is an amino acid derivati
ve and the chemical mechanism for AI-2 synthesis invol
ves cleavage of the ribosyl ring of SRH by zinc.
• These provide the groundwork for mutagenesis experim
ents to confirm the proposed catalytic action of LuxS. Al
so, drug candidates can now be explored that will interf
ere with AI-2 production and act as a multispecies antibi
otic. Go to...
Figure 9. SRH is converted to homocysteine and 4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (AI-2) by LuxS protein. (Bassler, Molecular Microbiology (2001) 41(2), 463–476)
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