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ArticleMetallomics : integrated biometal science2015

Dynamic HypA zinc site is essential for acid viability and proper urease maturation in Helicobacter pylori.

Ryan C Johnson, Heidi Q Hu, D Scott Merrell, Michael J Maroney

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Article in Metallomics : integrated biometal science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Structure and dynamics of Helicobacter pylori nickel-chaperone HypA: an integrated approach using NMR spectroscopy, functional assays and computational tools.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ryan C JohnsonMicrobiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. douglas.merrell@usuhs.edu.
Heidi Q Hu
D Scott Merrell
Michael J Maroney
Cellular Research (United States) · USBipar · FRUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · US

Funding

Structural Parameters Involved in Metal RecognitionR01GM069696 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI MARONEY, MICHAEL J · 2004 to 2017
$3.3M
Regulatory Mechanisms of Helicobacter pyloriR56AI065529 · NIAID · HENRY M. JACKSON FDN FOR THE ADV MIL/MED · PI MERRELL, D. SCOTT · 2013 to 2013
$357k
NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI065529NIAID NIH HHS R56AI065529NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM069696NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM069696
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori requires urease activity in order to survive in the acid environment of the human stomach. Urease is regulated in part by nickelation, a process that requires the HypA protein, which is a putative nickel metallochaperone that is generally associated with hydrogenase maturation. However, in H. pylori, HypA plays a dual role. In addition to an N-terminal nickel binding site, HypA proteins also contain a structural zinc site that is coordinated by two rigorously conserved CXXC sequences, which in H. pylori are flanked by His residues. These structural Zn sites are known to be dynamic, converting from Zn(Cys)4 centers at pH 7.2 to Zn(Cys)2(His)2 centers at pH 6.3 in the presence of Ni(ii) ions. In this study, mutant strains of H. pylori that express zinc site variants of the HypA protein are used to show that the structural changes in the zinc site are important for the acid viability of the bacterium, and that a reduction in acid viability in these variants can be traced in large measure to deficient urease activity. This in turn leads to a model that connects the Zn(Cys)4 coordination to urease maturation.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsBinding SitesCarrier ProteinsHelicobacter pyloriHydrogenaseHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationIonsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMetallochaperonesModels, MolecularMutagenesis, Site-DirectedMutationNickelProtein BindingProtein ConformationStomachBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsHydrogenaseHypA protein, Helicobacter pyloriIonsMetallochaperonesNickelUreaseZinc

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PMID25608738
PMCPMC4390472
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