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Interface switch mediates signal transmission in a two-component system.

ABSTRACT: Two-component systems (TCS), which typically consist of a membrane-embedded histidine kinase and a cytoplasmic response regulator, are the dominant signaling proteins for transduction of environmental stimuli into cellular response pathways in prokaryotic cells. HptRSA is a recently identified TCS consisting of the G6P-associated sensor protein (HptA), transmembrane histidine kinase (HptS), and cytoplasmic effector (HptR). HptRSA mediates glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) uptake to support Staphylococcus aureus growth and multiplication within various host cells. How the mechanism by which HptRSA perceives G6P and triggers a downstream response has remained elusive. Here, we solved the HptA structures in apo and G6P-bound states. G6P binding in the cleft between two HptA domains caused a conformational closing movement. The solved structures of HptA in complex with the periplasmic domain of HptS showed that HptA interacts with HptS through both constitutive and switchable interfaces. The G6P-free form of HptA binds to the membrane-distal side of the HptS periplasmic domain (HptSp), resulting in a parallel conformation of the HptSp protomer pair. However, once HptA associates with G6P, its intramolecular domain closure switches the HptA-HptSp contact region into the membrane-proximal domain, which causes rotation and closure of the C termini of each HptSp protomer. Through biochemical and growth assays of HptA and HptS mutant variants, we proposed a distinct mechanism of interface switch-mediated signaling transduction. Our results provide mechanistic insights into bacterial nutrient sensing and expand our understanding of the activation modes by which TCS communicates external signals.

SUBMITTER: Wang M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7720102 | biostudies-literature |

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