2015
Tu, Shun; Guo, Shu-Juan; Chen, Chien-Sheng; Liu, Cheng-Xi; Jiang, He-Wei; Ge, Feng; Deng, Jiao-Yu; Zhou, Yi-Ming; Czajkowsky, Daniel M; Li, Yang; Qi, Bang-Ruo; Ahn, Young-Hoon; Cole, Philip A; Zhu, Heng; Tao, Sheng-Ce
YcgC represents a new protein deacetylase family in prokaryotes Journal Article
In: Elife, vol. 4, 2015, ISSN: 2050-084X.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Amidohydrolases, Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli Proteins, Lysine, Post-Translational, Protein Processing, Substrate Specificity, Transcription Factors
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title = {YcgC represents a new protein deacetylase family in prokaryotes},
author = {Shun Tu and Shu-Juan Guo and Chien-Sheng Chen and Cheng-Xi Liu and He-Wei Jiang and Feng Ge and Jiao-Yu Deng and Yi-Ming Zhou and Daniel M Czajkowsky and Yang Li and Bang-Ruo Qi and Young-Hoon Ahn and Philip A Cole and Heng Zhu and Sheng-Ce Tao},
doi = {10.7554/eLife.05322},
issn = {2050-084X},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-12-01},
journal = {Elife},
volume = {4},
abstract = {Reversible lysine acetylation is one of the most important protein posttranslational modifications that plays essential roles in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. However, only a few lysine deacetylases (KDACs) have been identified in prokaryotes, perhaps in part due to their limited sequence homology. Herein, we developed a ’clip-chip’ strategy to enable unbiased, activity-based discovery of novel KDACs in the Escherichia coli proteome. In-depth biochemical characterization confirmed that YcgC is a serine hydrolase involving Ser200 as the catalytic nucleophile for lysine deacetylation and does not use NAD(+) or Zn(2+) like other established KDACs. Further, in vivo characterization demonstrated that YcgC regulates transcription by catalyzing deacetylation of Lys52 and Lys62 of a transcriptional repressor RutR. Importantly, YcgC targets a distinct set of substrates from the only known E. coli KDAC CobB. Analysis of YcgC’s bacterial homologs confirmed that they also exhibit KDAC activity. YcgC thus represents a novel family of prokaryotic KDACs.},
keywords = {Amidohydrolases, Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli Proteins, Lysine, Post-Translational, Protein Processing, Substrate Specificity, Transcription Factors},
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Reversible lysine acetylation is one of the most important protein posttranslational modifications that plays essential roles in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. However, only a few lysine deacetylases (KDACs) have been identified in prokaryotes, perhaps in part due to their limited sequence homology. Herein, we developed a ’clip-chip’ strategy to enable unbiased, activity-based discovery of novel KDACs in the Escherichia coli proteome. In-depth biochemical characterization confirmed that YcgC is a serine hydrolase involving Ser200 as the catalytic nucleophile for lysine deacetylation and does not use NAD(+) or Zn(2+) like other established KDACs. Further, in vivo characterization demonstrated that YcgC regulates transcription by catalyzing deacetylation of Lys52 and Lys62 of a transcriptional repressor RutR. Importantly, YcgC targets a distinct set of substrates from the only known E. coli KDAC CobB. Analysis of YcgC’s bacterial homologs confirmed that they also exhibit KDAC activity. YcgC thus represents a novel family of prokaryotic KDACs.