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The frontline antibiotic vancomycin induces a zinc starvation response in bacteria by binding to Zn(II).

ABSTRACT: Vancomycin is a front-line antibiotic used for the treatment of nosocomial infections, particularly those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Despite its clinical importance the global effects of vancomycin exposure on bacterial physiology are poorly understood. In a previous transcriptomic analysis we identified a number of Zur regulon genes which were highly but transiently up-regulated by vancomycin in Streptomyces coelicolor. Here, we show that vancomycin also induces similar zinc homeostasis systems in a range of other bacteria and demonstrate that vancomycin binds to Zn(II) in vitro. This implies that vancomycin treatment sequesters zinc from bacterial cells thereby triggering a Zur-dependent zinc starvation response. The Kd value of the binding between vancomycin and Zn(II) was calculated using a novel fluorometric assay, and NMR was used to identify the binding site. These findings highlight a new biologically relevant aspect of the chemical property of vancomycin as a zinc chelator.

SUBMITTER: Zarkan A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4726154 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The frontline antibiotic vancomycin induces a zinc starvation response in bacteria by binding to Zn(II).

Zarkan Ashraf A Macklyne Heather-Rose HR Truman Andrew W AW Hesketh Andrew R AR Hong Hee-Jeon HJ

Scientific reports 20160122

Vancomycin is a front-line antibiotic used for the treatment of nosocomial infections, particularly those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Despite its clinical importance the global effects of vancomycin exposure on bacterial physiology are poorly understood. In a previous transcriptomic analysis we identified a number of Zur regulon genes which were highly but transiently up-regulated by vancomycin in Streptomyces coelicolor. Here, we show that vancomycin also induces simi ...[more]

PMID: 26797186

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Project description:Zinc finger proteins that bind Zn(II) using a Cys2His2 coordination motif within a ??? protein fold are the most abundant DNA binding transcription factor domains in eukaryotic systems. These classic zinc fingers are typically unfolded in the apo state and spontaneously fold into their functional ??? folds upon incorporation of Zn(II). These metal-induced protein folding events obscure the free energy cost of protein folding by coupling the protein folding and metal-ion binding thermodynamics. Herein, we determine the formation constant of a Cys2His2/??? zinc finger domain, the C-terminal finger of the Wilms' tumor suppressor protein (WT1-4), for the purposes of determining its free energy cost of protein folding. Measurements of individual conditional dissociation constants, Kd values, at pH values from 5 to 9 were determined using fluorescence spectroscopy by direct or competition titration. Potentiometric titrations of apo-WT1-4 followed by NMR spectroscopy provided the intrinsic pKa values of the Cys2His2 residues, and corresponding potentiometric titrations of Zn(II)-WT1-4 followed by fluorescence spectroscopy yielded the effective pKa(eff) values of the Cys2His2 ligands bound to Zn(II). The Kd, pKa, and pKa(eff) values were combined in a minimal, complete equilibrium model to yield the pH-independent formation constant value for Zn(II)-WT1-4, Kf(ML) value of 7.5 × 10(12) M(-1), with a limiting Kd value of 133 fM. This shows that Zn(II) binding to the Cys2His2 site in WT1-4 provides at least -17.6 kcal/mol in driving force to fold the protein scaffold. A comparison of the conditional dissociation constants of Zn(II)-WT1-4 to those from the model peptide Zn(II)-GGG-Cys2His2 over the pH range 5.0 to 9.0 and a comparison of their pH-independent Kf(ML) values demonstrates that the free energy cost of protein folding in WT1-4 is less than +2.1 kcal/mol. These results validate our GGG model system for determining the cost of protein folding in natural zinc finger proteins and support the conclusion that the cost of protein folding in most zinc finger proteins is ?+4.2 kcal/mol, a value that pales in comparison to the free energy contribution of Zn(II) binding, -17.6 kcal/mol.

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The frontline antibiotic vancomycin induces a zinc starvation response in bacteria by binding to Zn(II).

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The frontline antibiotic vancomycin induces a zinc starvation response in bacteria by binding to Zn(II).

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