Khosa Sakshi, Hoeppner Astrid, Gohlke Holger, Schmitt Lutz, Smits Sander H J
Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstr. 1, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany.
X-Ray Facility and Crystal Farm, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstr. 1, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany.
PLoS One. 2016 Mar 1;11(3):e0149903. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149903. eCollection 2016.
Lantibiotics are antimicrobial peptides produced by Gram-positive bacteria. Interestingly, several clinically relevant and human pathogenic strains are inherently resistant towards lantibiotics. The expression of the genes responsible for lantibiotic resistance is regulated by a specific two-component system consisting of a histidine kinase and a response regulator. Here, we focused on a response regulator involved in lantibiotic resistance, NsrR from Streptococcus agalactiae, and determined the crystal structures of its N-terminal receiver domain and C-terminal DNA-binding effector domain. The C-terminal domain exhibits a fold that classifies NsrR as a member of the OmpR/PhoB subfamily of regulators. Amino acids involved in phosphorylation, dimerization, and DNA-binding were identified and demonstrated to be conserved in lantibiotic resistance regulators. Finally, a model of the full-length NsrR in the active and inactive state provides insights into protein dimerization and DNA-binding.
羊毛硫抗生素是由革兰氏阳性菌产生的抗菌肽。有趣的是,几种临床相关的人类致病菌株对羊毛硫抗生素具有固有抗性。负责羊毛硫抗生素抗性的基因表达受一个特定的双组分系统调控,该系统由一个组氨酸激酶和一个应答调节因子组成。在此,我们聚焦于参与羊毛硫抗生素抗性的应答调节因子——无乳链球菌的NsrR,并确定了其N端接收结构域和C端DNA结合效应结构域的晶体结构。C端结构域呈现出一种折叠结构,将NsrR归类为OmpR/PhoB调节因子亚家族的成员。鉴定出了参与磷酸化、二聚化和DNA结合的氨基酸,并证明它们在羊毛硫抗生素抗性调节因子中是保守的。最后,一个处于活性和非活性状态的全长NsrR模型为蛋白质二聚化和DNA结合提供了见解。