Xie Longxiang, Liu Wei, Li Qiming, Chen Shudan, Xu Mengmeng, Huang Qinqin, Zeng Jie, Zhou Mingliang, Xie Jianping
Institute of Modern Biopharmaceuticals, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Eco-Environment and Bio-Resource of the Three Gorges Area, Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University , Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China.
J Proteome Res. 2015 Jan 2;14(1):107-19. doi: 10.1021/pr500859a. Epub 2014 Nov 12.
Protein lysine succinylation, an emerging protein post-translational modification widespread among eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, represents an important regulator of cellular processes. However, the extent and function of lysine succinylation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, especially extensively drug-resistant strain, remain elusive. Combining protein/peptide prefractionation, immunoaffinity enrichment, and LC-MS/MS analysis, a total of 686 succinylated proteins and 1739 succinylation sites of M. tuberculosis were identified, representing the first global profiling of M. tuberculosis lysine succinylation. The identified succinylated proteins are involved in a variety of cellular functions such as metabolic processes, transcription, translation, and stress responses and exhibit different subcellular localization via GO, protein interaction network, and other bioinformatic analysis. Notably, proteins involved in protein biosynthesis and carbon metabolism are preferred targets of lysine succinylation. Moreover, two prevalent sequence patterns: EK(suc) and K*****K(suc), can be found around the succinylation sites. There are 109 lysine-succinylated homologues in E. coli, suggesting highly conserved succinylated proteins. Succinylation was found to occur at the active sites predicted by Prosite signature including Rv0946c, indicating that lysine succinylation may affect their activities. There is extensive overlapping between acetylation sites and succinylation sites in M. tuberculosis. Many M. tuberculosis metabolic enzymes and antibiotic resistance proteins were succinylated. This study provides a basis for further characterization of the pathophysiological role of lysine succinylation in M. tuberculosis.
蛋白质赖氨酸琥珀酰化是一种在真核细胞和原核细胞中广泛存在的新兴蛋白质翻译后修饰,是细胞过程的重要调节因子。然而,结核分枝杆菌中赖氨酸琥珀酰化的程度和功能,尤其是广泛耐药菌株中的情况,仍不清楚。通过结合蛋白质/肽预分级、免疫亲和富集和液相色谱-串联质谱分析,共鉴定出686个结核分枝杆菌的琥珀酰化蛋白和1739个琥珀酰化位点,这是首次对结核分枝杆菌赖氨酸琥珀酰化进行全基因组分析。鉴定出的琥珀酰化蛋白参与多种细胞功能,如代谢过程、转录、翻译和应激反应,并通过基因本体论、蛋白质相互作用网络和其他生物信息学分析表现出不同的亚细胞定位。值得注意的是,参与蛋白质生物合成和碳代谢的蛋白质是赖氨酸琥珀酰化的主要靶点。此外,在琥珀酰化位点周围可以发现两种普遍的序列模式:EK(suc)和K*****K(suc)。大肠杆菌中有109个赖氨酸琥珀酰化同源物,表明琥珀酰化蛋白具有高度保守性。发现琥珀酰化发生在由Prosite特征预测的活性位点,包括Rv0946c,这表明赖氨酸琥珀酰化可能会影响它们的活性。结核分枝杆菌的乙酰化位点和琥珀酰化位点之间存在广泛重叠。许多结核分枝杆菌代谢酶和抗生素抗性蛋白都发生了琥珀酰化。本研究为进一步阐明赖氨酸琥珀酰化在结核分枝杆菌中的病理生理作用提供了依据。