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ArticleNucleic acids research2017

Mechanistic insight into how multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii response regulator AdeR recognizes an intercistronic region.

Yurong Wen, Zhenlin Ouyang, Yue Yu, Xiaorong Zhou, Yingmei Pei, Bart Devreese, Paul G Higgins, Fang Zheng

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Yurong WenCenter for Translational Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
Zhenlin OuyangCenter for Translational Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
Yue YuCenter for Translational Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
Xiaorong ZhouCenter for Translational Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
Yingmei PeiCenter for Translational Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
Bart DevreeseUnit for Biological Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering (L-ProBE), Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Paul G HigginsInstitute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Goldenfelsstr.19-21, 50935 Cologne, Germany.
Fang ZhengDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Disease of Ministry of Education, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
Xi'an Jiaotong University · CNGerman Center for Infection Research · DEGhent University · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AdeR-AdeS is a two-component regulatory system, which controls expression of the adeABC efflux pump involved in Acinetobacter baumannii multidrug resistance. AdeR is a response regulator consisting of an N-terminal receiver domain and a C-terminal DNA-binding-domain. AdeR binds to a direct-repeat DNA in the intercistronic region between adeR and adeABC. We demonstrate a markedly high affinity binding between unphosphorylated AdeR and DNA with a dissociation constant of 20 nM. In addition, we provide a 2.75 Å crystal structure of AdeR DNA-binding-domain complexed with the intercistronic DNA. This structure shows that the α3 and β hairpin formed by β5-β6 interacts with the major and minor groove of the DNA, which in turn leads to the introduction of a bend. The AdeR receiver domain structure revealed a dimerization motif mediated by a gearwheel-like structure involving the D108F109-R122 motif through cation π stack interaction. The structure of AdeR receiver domain bound with magnesium indicated a conserved Glu19Asp20-Asp63 magnesium-binding motif, and revealed that the potential phosphorylation site Asp63OD1 forms a hydrogen bond with Lys112. We thus dissected the mechanism of how AdeR recognizes the intercistronic DNA, which leads to a diverse mode of response regulation. Unlocking the AdeRS mechanism provides ways to circumvent A. baumannii antibiotic resistance.

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Acinetobacter baumanniiBacterial ProteinsCrystallography, X-RayDNA, IntergenicDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialModels, MolecularPhosphorylationProtein DomainsScattering, Small AngleThermodynamicsX-Ray DiffractionBacterial ProteinsDNA, Intergenic

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