A division of labor between two biotin protein ligase homologs

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Group I biotin protein ligases (BPLs) catalyze the covalent attachment of biotin to its cognate acceptor proteins. In contrast, Group II BPLs have an additional N-terminal DNA-binding domain and function not only in biotinylation but also in transcriptional regulation of genes of biotin biosynthesis and transport. Most bacteria contain only a single biotin protein ligase, whereas Clostridium acetobutylicum contains two biotin protein ligase homologs: BplA and BirA'. Sequence alignments showed that BplA is a typical group I BPL, whereas BirA' lacked the C-terminal domain conserved throughout extant BPL proteins. This raised the questions of why two BPL homologs are needed and why the apparently defective BirA' has been retained. We have used in vivo and in vitro assays to show that BplA is a functional BPL whereas BirA' acts as a biotin sensor involved in transcriptional regulation of biotin transport. We also successfully converted BirA' into a functional biotin protein ligase with regulatory activity by fusing it to the C-terminal domain from BplA. Finally, we provide evidence that BplA and BirA' interact in vivo.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:116

Enthalten in:

Molecular microbiology - 116(2021), 2 vom: 21. Aug., Seite 648-662

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Song, Xuejiao [VerfasserIn]
Henke, Sarah K [VerfasserIn]
Cronan, John E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

6SO6U10H04
Bacillus subtilis
Biotin
Biotin protein ligase
Biotin sensor
Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases
Clostridium acetobutylicum
EC 6.3.-
Journal Article
Protein-protein interaction
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 28.12.2021

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/mmi.14761

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325773475