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N-terminal truncation of VC0395_0300 protein from Vibrio cholerae does not lead to loss of diguanylate cyclase activity

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BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 268, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2020.106493

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Diguanylate cyclase; Vibrio cholerae; GGDEF; Truncates; c-di-GMP

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  1. BRNS [2010/37B/51/BRNS/2493]

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The study identifies the important role of VC0395_0300 protein in regulating the virulence, biofilm formation, and motility of Vibrio cholerae. The truncation of protein structure retains diguanylate cyclase activity and basic structural elements without significant changes. This suggests that DGC activity in GGDEF proteins is mainly dependent on the conserved domain interactions and their functionality with GTP.
The bacterial secondary messenger bis-(3',5')-cyclic-dimeric-guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Vibrio cholerae, due to its significant role in regulating the virulence, biofilm formation and motility of the host organism. The VC0395_0300 protein from V. cholerae, possessing a GGEEF sequence has been established as a diguanylate cyclase (DGC) capable of catalyzing the conversion of two GTP molecules to form cyclic-di-GMP. This in turn, plays a crucial role in allowing the organism to adopt a dual lifestyle, thriving both in human and aquatic systems. The difficulty in procuring sufficient amounts of homogenous soluble protein for structural assessment of the GGDEF domain in VC0395_0300 and the lack of soluble protein yield, prompted the truncation into smaller constructs (Sebox31 and Sebox32) carrying the GGDEF domain. The truncates retained their diguanylate cyclase activity comparable to the wild type, and were able to form biofilms as well. Fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy measurements revealed that the basic structural elements do not show significant changes in the truncated proteins as compared to the full-length. This has also been confirmed using homology modeling and molecular docking of the wild type and truncates. This led us to conclude that the truncated constructs retain their activity in spite of the deletions in the N terminal region. This is supportive of the fact that DGC activity in GGDEF proteins is predominantly dependent on the presence of the conserved GGD(/E)EF domain and its interaction with GTP.

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