Identification of lysine succinylome and acetylome in vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus XN108
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ABSTRACT: In this study, we detected the first lysine succinylome and acetylome in a vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (VISA) strain, XN108.Furthermore,Comparative analysis of the protein succinylation and acetylation between XN108-ΔcobB and XN108-WT strain was conducted on the basis of quantitative detection of both protein expression and protein modification
Project description:In this study, we detected the first lysine succinylome and acetylome in a vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (VISA) strain, XN108.Furthermore,Comparative analysis of the protein succinylation and acetylation between XN108-ΔcobB and XN108-WT strain was conducted on the basis of quantitative detection of both protein expression and protein modification
Project description:Lysine succinylation has been recognized as a post-translational modification (PTM) in recent years. It is plausible that succinylation may have a vaster functional impact than acetylation due to bulkier structural changes and greater charge differences on the modified lysine residue. Currently, however, the quantity of identified succinylated proteins and their corresponding functions in cereal plants remain largely unknown. In this study, 854 lysine succinylation sites on 347 proteins have been identified by a thorough investigation in developing rice seeds. Six motifs were revealed as preferred amino-acid sequence arrangements for succinylation sites, and a noteworthy motif preference was discovered in proteins associated with different biological processes, molecular functions, pathways, and domains. Remarkably, heavy succinylation was detected on major seed storage proteins, in conjunction with key enzymes involved in central carbon metabolism and starch biosynthetic pathways for rice seed development. Conserved succinylated proteins were identified amongst varying organisms. Rice proteins with co-modifications of succinylation, acetylation, malonylation, crotonylation, and 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation were identified through a comprehensive comparison analysis. A striking number of highly conserved succinyl-proteins and multi-modified proteins were shown to be involved in vital metabolic events. Our study delivers a platform for expansive investigation of molecular networks administrating cereal seed development via PTMs.
Project description:In order to determine the mechanism of Cajanin Stilbene Acid inhibiting vancomycin-resistant enterococci, we compared the changes in protein expression of enterococci V583 strain before and after treated by Cajanin Stilbene Acid.
Project description:Aspergillus fumigatus is the main culprit of invasive aspergillosis, which has a high mortality rate in immunocompromised patients. Lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation is a highly conserved posttranslational modification found in a wide variety of organisms. In this study, we survey the biological impact of 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation on lysine residuals (Khib) in A. fumigatus. Using an antibody-enrichment approach along with the traditional LC-MS/MS method, the pattern of Khib-modified proteins and sites were analyzed in one wild type strain of A. fumigatus. We identified 3494 Khib-modified proteins with 18091 modified sites in this strain, and a more detailed bioinformatics analysis indicated that the Khib-modified proteins are involved in a wide range of cellular functions with diverse subcellular locations. Functional enrichment analysis featured several prominent functional pathways, including ribosome, biosynthesis of amino acids and nucleocytoplasmic transport – of which the ribosome pathway is the most affected pathway. When compared with other reported Khib eukaryotes, both Khib-modified sites and Khib-modified proteins also remained the highest. It proves that this modification is of great importance in A. fumigatus. At the same time, several enzymes in the fungal ergosterol synthesis pathway are modified with Khib. These bioinformatic results suggest that 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation may play an indispensable role in the regulation of the ribosomal biogenesis and the process of fungal resistance. Findings in this study may provide new insights for studying PTM-associated mechanisms in fungal development and antifungal drug development.
Project description:Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite which can infect a wide range of animals, including humans. According to virulence, it is generally divided into three different strains, namely type I (RH strain), type II (PRU strain) and type III (VEG strain). Lysine malonylation (Kmal) is a new type of post-translational modification (PTM), which has been reported to regulate diverse biological pathways in various organisms, including T. gondii. However, there is no knowledge about whether lysine malonylation regulates the virulence of different strains in T. gondii. In this study, for the first time, we identified and quantified lysine malonylation level in three strains of T. gondii. In total, 111 proteins and 152 sites were up-regulated, 17 proteins and sites were down-regulated in RH compared with PRU strains, respectively; 50 proteins and 59 sites were up-regulated, 50 proteins and 53 sites were down-regulated in RH strain compared with VEG strains; 72 proteins and 90 sites were up-regulated, 7 proteins and 8 sites were down-regulated in VEG strain compared with PRU strains. Further analysis indicates that these proteins are involved in many important biological processes and regulating virulence-related functions of T. gondii. These findings provide novel and important resource for the role of lysine malonytion in virulence of T. gondii and provide a new direction for the research of vaccine in T. gondii.
Project description:Via the deep-sequencing of Okazaki fragments from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we report the first comprehensive documentation of genome-wide replication directionality in any eukaryote; this permits the systematic analysis of both replication initiation and termination. We conduct a genome-wide analysis of origin competence and efficiency, and conclude that the majority of origins are competent to fire in each cell cycle and generally do so with high efficiency. Additionally, the spatial resolution of our data allow us to determine that leading-strand initiation generally occurs within the nucleosome-free region at origins. Using a strain in which late origins can be induced to fire early, we show that replication termination is a largely passive phenomenon that does not rely on cis-acting sequences or replication fork pausing and that the replication profile is determined largely by the kinetics of origin firing, allowing us to reconstruct chromosome-wide timing profiles from an asynchronous culture. 5 samples are included. Two are replicate, paired-end, wild-type samples sequenced via Illumina methodology. The raw data for these two are also deposited in the GEO repository under accession numbers GSM835650 and GSM835651. Two replicate, single-end, Sld2, Sld3, Dbf4, Dpb11, Cdc45 and Sld7 (SSDDCS) overexpression via galactose induction experiments are reported sequenced via Ion Torrent methodology. One single-end, Sld2, Sld3, Dbf4, Dpb11, Cdc45 and Sld7 (SSDDCS) normal expression control via glucose media experiment is reported sequenced via Ion Torrent methodology.
Project description:Proteins undergo acetylation at the Nε-amino group of lysine residues and the Nα-amino group of the N-terminus in Archaea as in Bacteria and Eukarya. However, the extent, pattern and roles of the modifications in Archaea remain poorly understood. Here we report the proteomic analyses of a wild-type Sulfolobus islandicus strain and its mutant derivative strains lacking either a homologue of the protein acetyltransferase Pat (SisPat) or a homologue of the Nt-acetyltransferase Ard1 (ΔSisArd1). A total of 1,708 Nε-acetylated lysine residues in 684 proteins (26% of the total proteins), and 158 Nt-acetylated proteins (44% of the identified proteins) were found in S. islandicus. ΔSisArd1 grew more slowly than the parental strain, whereas ΔSisPat showed no significant growth defects. Only 24 out of the 1,503 quantifiable Nε-acetylated lysine residues were differentially acetylated, and all but one of the 24 residues were less acetylated, by >1.3 fold in ΔSisPat than in the parental strain, indicating the narrow substrate specificity of the enzyme. Six acyl-CoA synthetases were the preferred substrates of SisPat in vivo, suggesting that Nε-acetylation by the acetyltransferase is involved in maintaining metabolic balance in the cell. Acetylation of acyl-CoA synthetases by SisPat occurred at a sequence motif conserved among all three domains of life. On the other hand, 92% of the identified N-termini were acetylated by SisArd1 in the cell. The enzyme exhibited broad substrate specificity and was capable of modifying nearly all types of the target N-termini of human NatA-NatF. The deletion of the SisArd1 gene altered the cellular levels of 18% of the quantifiable proteins (1,518) by >1.5 fold. Consistent with the growth phenotype of ΔSisArd1, the cellular levels of proteins involved in cell division and cell cycle control, DNA replication, and purine synthesis were significantly lowered in the mutant than those in the parental strain.
Project description:Histone lysine lactylation is a physiologically and pathologically relevant epigenetic pathway that can be stimulated by the Warburg effect and L-lactate. Nevertheless, the mechanism by which cells use L-lactate to generate lactyl-CoA, the cofactor for the modification, and how this process is regulated remain unknown. Here we report identification of GTPSCS as a lactyl-CoA synthetase in the nucleus using biochemistry and cell biology approaches. The mechanism of this catalytic activity was elucidated using the crystallographic structure of GTPSCS in complex with L-lactate, followed by mutagenesis experiments. GTPSCS translocates into the nucleus and interacts with p300 to form a functional lactyltransferase to elevate histone lactylation, but not histone succinylation. This process is dependent on not only a nuclear localization signal in the GTPSCS G1 subunit, but also acetylation at G2 subunit residue K73 which mediates the interaction with p300. GTPSCS-p300 collaboration synergistically regulates histone H3K18la, subsequently enhancing the expression of GDF15. This process promotes the proliferation and radioresistance of gliomas. The GTPSCS represents the inaugural enzyme that can catalyze lactyl-CoA synthesis for epigenetic histone lactylation and regulate oncogenic gene expression patterns in glioma.
Project description:Candida albicans is the most common human fungal pathogen, causing diseases ranging from mucosal to systemic infections for both immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals. Lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation is a highly conserved posttranslational modification found in a wide variety of organisms. In this study, we survey the biological impact of 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation on lysine residuals (Khib) in C. albicans. Using an antibody-enrichment approach along with the traditional LC-MS/MS method, the pattern of Khib-modified proteins and sites were analyzed in one wild type strain of C. albicans. We identified 1438 Khib-modified proteins with 6659 modified sites in this strain, and a more detailed bioinformatics analysis indicated that the Khib-modified proteins are involved in a wide range of cellular functions with diverse subcellular locations. Functional enrichment analysis featured several prominent functional pathways, including ribosome, biosynthesis of antibiotics, biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, biosynthesis of amino acids and carbon metabolism – of which the ribosome pathway is the most affected pathway. Even when compared with the reported lysine acetylation (Kac) and succinylation (Ksuc), the Khib-modified sites on ribosomal proteins remained the highest for C. albicans. These bioinformatic results suggest that 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation may play an indispensable role in the regulation of the ribosomal biogenesis and protein translation. Confirmation at the biochemical level would enable us to resolve physiological and pathogenic roles of PTM in C. albicans.
Project description:Protein lysine acetylation is a reversible and dynamic post-translational modification. It plays an important role in regulating diverse cellular processes including chromatin dynamic, metabolic pathways and transcription in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Although studies of lysine acetylome on plants have been reported, the throughput was not high enough, hindering the deep understanding of lysine acetylation in plant physiology and pathology. In this study, taking advantages of anti-acetyllysine-based enrichment and high-sensitive-mass spectrometer, we applied an integrated proteomic approach to comprehensively investigate lysine acetylome in strawberry. In total, we identified 1392 acetylation sites in 684 proteins, representing the largest dataset of acetylome in plant to date. To reveal the functional impacts of lysine acetylation in strawberry, intensive bioinformatic analysis was performed. The results significantly expanded our current understanding of plant acetylome and demonstrated that lysine acetylation is involved in multiple cellular metabolism and cellular processes. More interestingly, nearly 50% of all acetylated proteins identified in this work were localized in chloroplast and the vital role of lysine acetylation in photosynthesis was also revealed. Taken together, this study not only established the most extensive lysine acetylome in plants to date, but also systematically suggests the significant and unique roles of lysine acetylation in plants.