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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
34
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-23
pubmed:abstractText
The TodS/TodT two-component system controls expression of the toluene dioxygenase (TOD) pathway for the metabolism of toluene in Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E. TodS is a sensor kinase that ultimately controls tod gene expression through its cognate response regulator, TodT. We used isothermal titration calorimetry to study the binding of different compounds to TodS and related these findings to their capacity to induce gene expression in vivo. Agonistic compounds bound to TodS and induced gene expression in vivo. Toluene was a powerful agonist, but ortho-substitutions of toluene reduced or abolished in vivo responses, although TodS recognized o-xylene with high affinity. These compounds were called antagonists. We show that agonists and antagonists compete for binding to TodS both in vitro and in vivo. The failure of antagonists to induce gene expression in vivo correlated with their inability to stimulate TodS autophosphorylation in vitro. We propose intramolecular TodS signal transmission, not molecular recognition of compounds by TodS, to be the phenomenon that determines whether a given compound will lead to activation of expression of the tod genes. Molecular modeling identified residues F46, I74, F79, and I114 as being potentially involved in the binding of effector molecules. Alanine substitution mutants of these residues reduced affinities (2- to 345-fold) for both agonistic and antagonistic compounds. Our data indicate that determining the inhibitory activity of antagonists is a potentially fruitful alternative to design specific two-component system inhibitors for the development of new drugs to inhibit processes regulated by two-component systems.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13774-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Hydrocarbons, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Protein Kinase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Sinorhizobium meliloti, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Thermodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Titrimetry, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Toluene, pubmed-meshheading:17693554-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Bacterial sensor kinase TodS interacts with agonistic and antagonistic signals.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Profesor Albareda, 1, 18008 Granada, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't