TY - JOUR
T1 - Signal Transmission in Escherichia coli Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein for Survival in Extreme Acidic Conditions
AU - Evangelista, Wilfredo
AU - Knapp, James
AU - Zandarashvili, Levani
AU - Esadze, Alexandre
AU - White, Mark A.
AU - Gribenko, Alexey V.
AU - Lee, James
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2021/10/12
Y1 - 2021/10/12
N2 - During the life cycle of enteric bacterium Escherichia coli, it encounters a wide spectrum of pH changes. The asymmetric dimer of the cAMP receptor protein, CRP, plays a key role in regulating the expressions of genes and the survival of E. coli. To elucidate the pH effects on the mechanism of signal transmission, we present a combination of results derived from ITC, crystallography, and computation. CRP responds to a pH change by inducing a differential effect on the affinity for the binding events to the two cAMP molecules, ensuing in a reversible conversion between positive and negative cooperativity at high and low pH, respectively. The structures of four crystals at pH ranging from 7.8 to 6.5 show that CRP responds by inducing a differential effect on the structures of the two subunits, particularly in the DNA binding domain. Employing the COREX/BEST algorithm, computational analysis shows the change in the stability of residues at each pH. The change in residue stability alters the connectivity between residues including those in cAMP and DNA binding sites. Consequently, the differential impact on the topology of the connectivity surface among residues in adjacent subunits is the main reason for differential change in affinity; that is, the pH-induced differential change in residue stability is the biothermodynamic basis for the change in allosteric behavior. Furthermore, the structural asymmetry of this homodimer amplifies the differential impact of any perturbations. Hence, these results demonstrate that the combination of these approaches can provide insights into the underlying mechanism of an apparent complex allostery signal and transmission in CRP.
AB - During the life cycle of enteric bacterium Escherichia coli, it encounters a wide spectrum of pH changes. The asymmetric dimer of the cAMP receptor protein, CRP, plays a key role in regulating the expressions of genes and the survival of E. coli. To elucidate the pH effects on the mechanism of signal transmission, we present a combination of results derived from ITC, crystallography, and computation. CRP responds to a pH change by inducing a differential effect on the affinity for the binding events to the two cAMP molecules, ensuing in a reversible conversion between positive and negative cooperativity at high and low pH, respectively. The structures of four crystals at pH ranging from 7.8 to 6.5 show that CRP responds by inducing a differential effect on the structures of the two subunits, particularly in the DNA binding domain. Employing the COREX/BEST algorithm, computational analysis shows the change in the stability of residues at each pH. The change in residue stability alters the connectivity between residues including those in cAMP and DNA binding sites. Consequently, the differential impact on the topology of the connectivity surface among residues in adjacent subunits is the main reason for differential change in affinity; that is, the pH-induced differential change in residue stability is the biothermodynamic basis for the change in allosteric behavior. Furthermore, the structural asymmetry of this homodimer amplifies the differential impact of any perturbations. Hence, these results demonstrate that the combination of these approaches can provide insights into the underlying mechanism of an apparent complex allostery signal and transmission in CRP.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00388
DO - 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00388
M3 - Article
C2 - 34605636
AN - SCOPUS:85117236646
SN - 0006-2960
VL - 60
SP - 2987
EP - 3006
JO - Biochemistry
JF - Biochemistry
IS - 40
ER -