Properties Of Transmembrane Helix Tm1 Of The Dcus Sensor Kinase Of Escherichia Coli, The Stator For Tm2 Piston Signaling
BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY(2021)
摘要
The sensor kinase DcuS of Escherichia coli perceives extracellular fumarate by a periplasmic PASP sensor domain. Transmembrane (TM) helix TM2, present as TM2-TM2' homo-dimer, transmits fumarate activation in a piston-slide across the membrane. The second TM helix of DcuS, TM1, is known to lack piston movement. Structural and functional properties of TM1 were analyzed. Oxidative Cys-crosslinking (CL) revealed homo-dimerization of TM1 over the complete membrane, but only the central part showed a-helical +3/+4 spacing of the CL maxima. The GALLEX bacterial two-hybrid system indicates TM1/TM1' interaction, and the presence of a TM1-TM1' homo-dimer is suggested. The peripheral TM1 regions presented CL in a spacing atypical for a-helical arrangement. On the periplasmic side the deviation extended over 11 AA residues (V32-S42) between the a-helical part of TM1 and the onset of PASP. In the V32-S42 region, CL efficiency decreased in the presence of fumarate. Therefore, TM1 exists as a homo-dimer with a-helical arrangement in the central membrane region, and non-a-helical arrangement in the connector to PASP. The fumarate induced structural response in the V32-S42 region is suggested to represent a structural adaptation to the shift of TM2 in the TM1-TM1'/TM2-TM2' four-helical bundle.
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DcuS, Escherichia coli, oxidative Cys crosslinking, sensor kinase, transmembrane helix
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