Artículo
Membrane fluidity adjusts the insertion of the transacylase PlsX to regulate phospholipid biosynthesis in Gram-positive bacteria
Sastre, Diego Emiliano
; Basso, Luis G. M.; Trastoy, Beatriz Alicia; Cifuente, Javier Orlando
; Contreras, Xabier; Gueiros Filho, Frederico; de Mendoza, Diego
; Navarro, Marcos V. A. S.; Guerin, Marcelo E.
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Fecha de publicación:
02/2020
Editorial:
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Revista:
Journal of Biological Chemistry (online)
ISSN:
0021-9258
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Inglés
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Resumen
PlsX plays a central role in the coordination of fatty acid and phospholipid biosynthesis in Gram-positive bacteria. PlsX is a peripheral membrane acyltransferase that catalyzes the conversion of acyl-ACP to acyl-phosphate, which is in turn utilized by the polytopic membrane acyltransferase PlsY on the pathway of bacterial phospholipid biosynthesis. We have recently studied the interaction between PlsX and membrane phospholipids in vivo and in vitro, and observed that membrane association is necessary for the efficient transfer of acyl-phosphate to PlsY. However, understanding the molecular basis of such a channeling mechanism remains a major challenge. Here, we disentangle the binding and insertion events of the enzyme to the membrane, and the subsequent catalysis. We show that PlsX membrane binding is a process mostly mediated by phospholipid charge, whereas fatty acid saturation and membrane fluidity remarkably influence the membrane insertion step. Strikingly, the PlsXL254E mutant, whose biological functionality was severely compromised in vivo but remains catalytically active in vitro, was able to superficially bind to phospholipid vesicles, nevertheless, it loses the insertion capacity, strongly supporting the importance of membrane insertion in acyl-phosphate delivery. We propose a mechanism in which membrane fluidity governs the insertion of PlsX and thus regulates the biosynthesis of phospholipids in Gram-positive bacteria. This model may be operational in other peripheral membrane proteins with an unprecedented impact in drug discovery/development strategies.
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Articulos de INST.DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR Y CELULAR DE ROSARIO
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Sastre, Diego Emiliano; Basso, Luis G. M.; Trastoy, Beatriz Alicia; Cifuente, Javier Orlando; Contreras, Xabier; et al.; Membrane fluidity adjusts the insertion of the transacylase PlsX to regulate phospholipid biosynthesis in Gram-positive bacteria; American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Journal of Biological Chemistry (online); 295; 7; 2-2020; 2136-2147
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