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Probing the calcium-induced conformational transition of troponin C with site-directed mutants 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
The contraction of skeletal muscle is regulated by calcium binding to troponin C (TnC). TnC consists of two spatially independent domains, each of which contains two metal ion binding sites. Calcium binding to the regulatory sites of the N-terminal domain triggers muscle contraction by a series of conformational changes. Site-directed mutagenesis offers a means of elucidating the links in this signal path between TnC and actin-myosin crossbridges. Such mapping is possible if the mutants shift the equilibrium between 'on' and 'off' states of the regulatory complex while maintaining the coupling between calcium binding and tension development. Candidate amino-acid residues for yielding this information would be in positions remote from the calcium-binding sites and from the site of development of tension. Analysis of the crystal structure of TnC and of the model of the calcium-activated molecule has enabled us to identify two such residues: Glu 57 and Glu 88. In separate experiments we have replaced each of these residues by lysines. The resulting reduction in calcium affinity indicates that these residues have a long-range effect on calcium binding. This result may reflect the formation of a salt bridge between positions 57 and 88 that is not present in the native molecule. Moreover, the level of tension recovery when the mutants are incorporated into muscle suggests that the interaction between TnC and other muscle components has also been altered. Thus, these residues may participate in the contraction signal transmission. 相似文献
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Comparison of the genomes of two Xanthomonas pathogens with differing host specificities 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
da Silva AC Ferro JA Reinach FC Farah CS Furlan LR Quaggio RB Monteiro-Vitorello CB Van Sluys MA Almeida NF Alves LM do Amaral AM Bertolini MC Camargo LE Camarotte G Cannavan F Cardozo J Chambergo F Ciapina LP Cicarelli RM Coutinho LL Cursino-Santos JR El-Dorry H Faria JB Ferreira AJ Ferreira RC Ferro MI Formighieri EF Franco MC Greggio CC Gruber A Katsuyama AM Kishi LT Leite RP Lemos EG Lemos MV Locali EC Machado MA Madeira AM Martinez-Rossi NM Martins EC Meidanis J Menck CF Miyaki CY Moon DH 《Nature》2002,417(6887):459-463
The genus Xanthomonas is a diverse and economically important group of bacterial phytopathogens, belonging to the gamma-subdivision of the Proteobacteria. Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (Xac) causes citrus canker, which affects most commercial citrus cultivars, resulting in significant losses worldwide. Symptoms include canker lesions, leading to abscission of fruit and leaves and general tree decline. Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) causes black rot, which affects crucifers such as Brassica and Arabidopsis. Symptoms include marginal leaf chlorosis and darkening of vascular tissue, accompanied by extensive wilting and necrosis. Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris is grown commercially to produce the exopolysaccharide xanthan gum, which is used as a viscosifying and stabilizing agent in many industries. Here we report and compare the complete genome sequences of Xac and Xcc. Their distinct disease phenotypes and host ranges belie a high degree of similarity at the genomic level. More than 80% of genes are shared, and gene order is conserved along most of their respective chromosomes. We identified several groups of strain-specific genes, and on the basis of these groups we propose mechanisms that may explain the differing host specificities and pathogenic processes. 相似文献
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Simpson AJ Reinach FC Arruda P Abreu FA Acencio M Alvarenga R Alves LM Araya JE Baia GS Baptista CS Barros MH Bonaccorsi ED Bordin S Bové JM Briones MR Bueno MR Camargo AA Camargo LE Carraro DM Carrer H Colauto NB Colombo C Costa FF Costa MC Costa-Neto CM Coutinho LL Cristofani M Dias-Neto E Docena C El-Dorry H Facincani AP Ferreira AJ Ferreira VC Ferro JA Fraga JS França SC Franco MC Frohme M Furlan LR Garnier M Goldman GH Goldman MH Gomes SL Gruber A Ho PL Hoheisel JD Junqueira ML Kemper EL 《Nature》2000,406(6792):151-159
Xylella fastidiosa is a fastidious, xylem-limited bacterium that causes a range of economically important plant diseases. Here we report the complete genome sequence of X. fastidiosa clone 9a5c, which causes citrus variegated chlorosis--a serious disease of orange trees. The genome comprises a 52.7% GC-rich 2,679,305-base-pair (bp) circular chromosome and two plasmids of 51,158 bp and 1,285 bp. We can assign putative functions to 47% of the 2,904 predicted coding regions. Efficient metabolic functions are predicted, with sugars as the principal energy and carbon source, supporting existence in the nutrient-poor xylem sap. The mechanisms associated with pathogenicity and virulence involve toxins, antibiotics and ion sequestration systems, as well as bacterium-bacterium and bacterium-host interactions mediated by a range of proteins. Orthologues of some of these proteins have only been identified in animal and human pathogens; their presence in X. fastidiosa indicates that the molecular basis for bacterial pathogenicity is both conserved and independent of host. At least 83 genes are bacteriophage-derived and include virulence-associated genes from other bacteria, providing direct evidence of phage-mediated horizontal gene transfer. 相似文献
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Site-directed mutagenesis of the regulatory light-chain Ca2+/Mg2+ binding site and its role in hybrid myosins 总被引:18,自引:0,他引:18
The regulatory light chains, small polypeptides located on the myosin head, regulate the interaction of myosin with actin in response to either Ca2+ or phosphorylation. The demonstration that the regulatory light chains on scallop myosin can be replaced by light chains from other myosins has allowed us to compare the functional capabilities of different light chains, but has not enabled us to probe the role of features, such as the Ca2+/Mg2+ binding site, that are common to all of them. Here, we describe the use of site-directed mutagenesis to study the function of that site. We synthesized the chicken skeletal myosin light chain in Escherichia coli and constructed mutants with substitutions within the Ca2+/Mg2+ binding site. When the aspartate residues at the first and sixth Ca2+ coordination positions are replaced by uncharged alanines, the light chains have a reduced Ca2+ binding capacity but still bind to scallop myosin with high affinity. Unlike the wild-type skeletal light chain which inhibits myosin interaction with actin, the mutants activate it. Thus, an intact Ca2+/Mg2+ binding site in the N-terminal region of the light chain is essential for regulating the interaction of myosin with actin. 相似文献
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