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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2010

Identification of a chemoreceptor for tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates: differential chemotactic response towards receptor ligands.

Jesús Lacal, Carlos Alfonso, Xianxian Liu, Rebecca E Parales, Bertrand Morel, Francisco Conejero-Lara, Germán Rivas, Estrella Duque, Juan L Ramos, Tino Krell

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jesús LacalDepartment of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, 18008 Granada, Spain.
Carlos Alfonso
Xianxian Liu
Rebecca E Parales
Bertrand Morel
Francisco Conejero-Lara
Germán Rivas
Estrella Duque
Juan L Ramos
Tino Krell
Estación Experimental del Zaidín · ESCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas · ESUniversidad de Granada · ESUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the identification of McpS as the specific chemoreceptor for 6 tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle intermediates and butyrate in Pseudomonas putida. The analysis of the bacterial mutant deficient in mcpS and complementation assays demonstrate that McpS is the only chemoreceptor of TCA cycle intermediates in the strain under study. TCA cycle intermediates are abundantly present in root exudates, and taxis toward these compounds is proposed to facilitate the access to carbon sources. McpS has an unusually large ligand-binding domain (LBD) that is un-annotated in InterPro and is predicted to contain 6 helices. The ligand profile of McpS was determined by isothermal titration calorimetry of purified recombinant LBD (McpS-LBD). McpS recognizes TCA cycle intermediates but does not bind very close structural homologues and derivatives like maleate, aspartate, or tricarballylate. This implies that functional similarity of ligands, such as being part of the same pathway, and not structural similarity is the primary element, which has driven the evolution of receptor specificity. The magnitude of chemotactic responses toward these 7 chemoattractants, as determined by qualitative and quantitative chemotaxis assays, differed largely. Ligands that cause a strong chemotactic response (malate, succinate, and fumarate) were found by differential scanning calorimetry to increase significantly the midpoint of protein unfolding (T(m)) and unfolding enthalpy (DeltaH) of McpS-LBD. Equilibrium sedimentation studies show that malate, the chemoattractant that causes the strongest chemotactic response, stabilizes the dimeric state of McpS-LBD. In this respect clear parallels exist to the Tar receptor and other eukaryotic receptors, which are discussed.

Indexed as

ChemotaxisCitric Acid CycleBacterial ProteinsBinding, CompetitiveButyratesLigandsMalatesProtein MultimerizationProtein StabilityProtein Structure, QuaternaryProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiaryPseudomonas putidaSubstrate SpecificitySuccinic AcidTemperatureBacterial ProteinsButyratesLigandsMalatesmalic acidSuccinic Acid

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PMID20498372
PMCPMC2906306
OpenAlexW2082727114

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