The substrate-binding domains of the osmoregulatory ABC importer OpuA transiently interact

  1. Marco van den Noort
  2. Panagiotis Drougkas
  3. Cristina Paulino
  4. Bert Poolman  Is a corresponding author
  1. Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Netherlands
  2. Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg University, Germany
8 figures, 6 tables and 1 additional file

Figures

Figure 1 with 1 supplement
Experimental approach for measuring interdomain dynamics in the SBDs of OpuA.

(A) A cryo-EM structure of OpuA (PDB: 7AHH). Mutations K521C and N414C are highlighted as grey spheres. (B) Size-exclusion chromatography profiles of OpuA-nanodiscs that were purified according to the previously described protocol (Sikkema et al., 2020) (blue) or according to the new protocol that is described here (yellow). The Latin numbers refer to the four different nanodisc species as is described in the first paragraph of the Results section. The other numbers refer to the elution fractions that were loaded on an SDS-PAA gel. (C) SDS-PAA gel with the size exclusion fractions of the blue line in (B). (D) SDS-PAA gel with the size-exclusion fractions of the yellow line in (B). (E) A schematic representation of how confocal, solution-based smFRET was used to study different states of the SBDs. (F) A representation of a fluorescent burst time trace, displaying the photon counts in the donor (green) and acceptor (red) detection channel over time (left). The zoom-in is a representation of a photon time trace, in which single photons are represented as lines and the most likely state path from the Viterbi algorithm in mpH2MM as a blue line.

Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Enzyme-coupled ATPase assay of wildtype OpuA (circles, grey shading), OpuA-K521C (squares, blue shading) and OpuA-N414C (triangles, yellow shading).

A standard sample contains 50 mM HEPES-K pH 7.0, 450 mM KCl, 20 mM Mg-ATP, 100 µM glycine betaine, 4 mM phosphoenolpyruvate, 600 μM NADH, 2.1–3.5 U of pyruvate kinase plus 3.2–4.9 U of lactate dehydrogenase. Standard deviation over at least two measurements with different protein purifications and membrane reconstitutions, each consisting of three technical replicates is represented as shaded areas.

Figure 2 with 1 supplement
The SBDs of OpuA sample two dynamic FRET states.

The proteins were analyzed in 50 mM HEPES-K pH 7.0, 600 mM KCl with the following additions: (A) OpuA-N414C without further additions. (B) OpuA-K521C without further additions. (C) OpuA-E190Q-K521C with 20 mM Mg-ATP plus 100 µM glycine betaine. (D) OpuA-K521C with 20 mM Mg-ATP. From top to bottom: (i) FRET histogram showing the corrected bursts that were selected after removing donor-only and acceptor-only bursts. (ii) 2D E-S histogram showing the same data as in (i). Black dots represent the average value of each state after mpH2MM and after application of the correction factors. (iii) Burst variance analysis of the same burst data as in (i). The standard deviation of FRET in each burst is plotted against its mean FRET. Black squares represent average values per FRET bin. The black dotted line shows the expected standard deviation in the absence of within-burst dynamics. (iv) E-S scatter plot of the corrected dwells. Dwells are colored on the basis of the assigned state of the chosen mpH2MM model. Black dots represent the average value of each state and the numbers at the arrows show transition rate constants (s–1) between the two FRET states. (v) Plot of the ICL-values for each final model. The model used in the analysis is shown as a red star.

Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Typical 2D E-S histograms of FRET bursts after γ-correction and correction for leakage and crosstalk.

Graphs represent data of OpuA-K521C in 50 mM HEPES-K pH 7.0, 600 mM KCl. Left graph shows the bursts after burst selection with a cut-off of minimally 35 photons per burst. Right graph shows the bursts after removal of donor-only and acceptor-only bursts. To filter out acceptor-only bursts, a threshold of minimally 15 photons after donor excitation was set. To filter out donor-only bursts, a threshold of minimally 15 photons was set. Similar graphs for all other OpuA variants and conditions can be found in the publicly available python notebooks (https://doi.org/10.34894/GSIEBW).

Figure 3 with 1 supplement
Reduction in SBD docking efficiency does not affect the two dynamic FRET states.

(A) A cryo-EM structure of OpuA (PDB: 7AHH) highlighting Val-149 and the two most important residues in the vicinity of Val-149. Coloring of the domains is similar to that in Figure 1A. (B) Results of an enzyme-coupled ATPase assay for OpuA-WT (filled circles, grey) and OpuA-V149Q-K521C (open circles, yellow). Each sample contains 50 mM HEPES-K pH 7.0, 450 mM KCl, 10 mM Mg-ATP, 4 mM phosphoenolpyruvate, 600 μM NADH, 2.1–3.5 U of pyruvate kinase, and 3.2–4.9 U of lactate dehydrogenase. Standard deviation over at least two measurements with different protein purifications and membrane reconstitutions, each consisting of three technical replicates is represented as shaded areas. (C) Results of (B) represented as activity relative to the activity at 100 µM glycine betaine. (D) smFRET results for OpuA-V149Q-K521C in 50 mM HEPES-K pH 7.0, 600 mM KCl. From top to bottom: (i) FRET histogram showing the corrected bursts that were selected after removing donor-only and acceptor-only bursts. (ii) 2D E-S histogram showing the same data as in (i). Black dots depict the average value of each state after mpH2MM and after application of the correction factors. (iii) Burst variance analysis of the same burst data as in (i). The standard deviation of FRET in each burst is plotted against its mean FRET. Black squares represent average values per FRET bin. Black dotted line shows the expected standard deviation in the absence of within-burst dynamics. (iv) E-S scatter plot of the corrected dwells. Dwells are colored on the basis of the assigned state of the chosen mpH2MM model. Black dots represent the average value of each state and the numbers at the arrows show transition rate constants (s–1) between the two FRET states. (v) Plot of the ICL-values for each final model. The model used in the analysis is shown as a red star.

Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Enzyme-coupled ATPase assay for wildtype OpuA (squares, grey shading) and OpuA-V149Q-K521C (circles, yellow shading).

A standard sample contains 50 mM HEPES-K pH 7.0, 450 mM KCl, 20 mM Mg-ATP, 100 µM glycine betaine, 4 mM phosphoenolpyruvate, 600 μM NADH, 2.1–3.5 U of pyruvate kinase plus 3.2–4.9 U of lactate dehydrogenase. Standard deviation over at least two measurements with different protein purifications and membrane reconstitutions, each consisting of three technical replicates is represented as shaded areas.

Figure 4 with 3 supplements
Shifts in FRET states under different conditions.

(A, B) FRET (E) histograms of OpuA-K521C (A) and OpuA-N414C (B) corresponding to the corrected dwells of the two FRET states after mpH2MM. Black lines show the mean E of the two states. (C) A schematic representation of the diffusion freedom in 2D of the SBDs, shown as blue semicircles. The radius is defined as the sum of the radius of an SBD and the length of the linker region in a fully extended conformation. The sequence of the linker region was defined based on the occluded OpuA structure (PDB: 7AHD) and spans the N- and C-terminal end of the SBD and anchoring helix, respectively. (D) Lowpass-filtered cryo-EM density maps of OpuA-WT in three different ionic strength conditions (50 mM, 100 mM and 200 mM KCl). The top-views of each condition are horizontally aligned (left) and super-positioned (right) for better comparison. The densities corresponding to the SBDs are highlighted in teal, blue and brown ellipses, respectively.

Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Multiple sequence alignment of close homologs of OpuA from L.

lactis. The alignment was made by the Clustal Omega webserver using the default settings. The alignment was visualized and the JPRED secondary structure prediction were performed in Jalview (version 2.11.2.6). The black box indicates the linker region, based on OpuA from L. lactis. Jnetpred shows the consensus prediction of the different predictions in JPRED; α-helices are shown as red tubes and β-sheets as dark green arrows. JNETCONF is a confidence estimate of the jnetpred prediction. NCBI reference sequence IDs are: L. lactis, WP_003130445.1; L. taiwanensis, WP_205272268.1; L. allomyrinae, WP_120771492.1; L. garvieae, WP_004257235.1; L. hircilactis, WP_153496572.1; W. confusa, WP_199402959.1; W. muntiaci, WP_187387617.1;, W. ceti, WP_213409458.1; W. soli, WP_147152447.1; L. citreum, WP_040177303.1; W. halotolerans, WP_022790870.1; W. paramesenteroides, WP_150189650.1; L. plantarum, WP_068161132.1; L. fallax, WP_010007192.1; W. bombi, WP_092461275.1.

Figure 4—figure supplement 2
Image processing of OpuA wild-type in MSP1E3D1 nanodiscs in 20 mM HEPES-K pH 7.0, 50 mM KCl.

(A) Representative elution profile from Superdex 200 increase 10/300 GL size-exclusion column. The collected fraction for cryo-EM sample preparation is indicated by dashed lines. (B) Representative micrograph at 1.3 μm defocus followed by detailed overview of the image processing leading to the map used. Abbreviations: gmodel t=crYOLO general model and K=number of classes. Scale bar, 10 nm.

Figure 4—figure supplement 3
Image processing of OpuA wild-type in MSP1E3D1 nanodiscs in 20 mM HEPES-K pH 7.0, 100 mM KCl.

(A) Representative elution profile from Superdex 200 increase 10/300 GL size-exclusion column. The collected fraction for cryo-EM sample preparation is indicated by dashed lines. (B) Representative micrograph of the sample at 1.3 μm defocus, followed by detailed overview of the image processing leading to the map used. Abbreviations: model03=in-house trained crYOLO model generated by Sikkema et al., 2020, K=number of classes and T=tau_fudge. Scale bar, 10 nm.

Schematic of possible states of the SBDs of OpuA.

(A) Both SBDs dock in a non-productive manner onto the TMDs. (B) The SBDs interact with each other in an upright orientation either back-to-back, front-to-front or front-to-back. (C) The SBDs interact sideways with each other.

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Tables

Table 1
ATPase activity of OpuA variants K521C and N414C before and after labeling with maleimide dyes*.
Activity unlabeled variant (min–1)Activity labeled variant (min–1)
K521C342+/-71263+/-52
N414C332+/-25246+/-55
  1. *

    Buffer conditions: 50 mM HEPES-K pH 7.0, 100 µM glycine betaine, 10 mM Mg-ATP plus 600 mM KCl.

  2. The errors refer to the standard deviation over at least two measurements with different protein purifications and membrane reconstitutions, each consisting of three technical replicates.

Table 2
The FRET (E) and Stoichiometry (S) of the FRET states of OpuA-K521C, their relative abundance and the transition rate constants between the states.
Condition*Low-FRET state (L)High-FRET state (H)Transition rate (s–1)Number of FRET dwells
SE% dwellsSE% dwellsL-HH-L
50 mM BIS-TRIS pH 7.0, 0 mM KCl0.5370.25064.10.5210.74935.911815316,788
0 mM KCl0.5310.24866.90.5190.74233.112317527,047
0 mM KCl, 100 µM glycine betaine0.5320.24568.30.5170.78131.712016617,364
50 mM KCl0.5260.22568.00.5160.73532.08815314,708
100 mM KCl0.5250.20274.60.5130.69125.47817813,532
200 mM KCl0.5190.18381.40.5180.66318.64115316,454
400 mM KCl0.5160.16882.00.5180.62018.02812015,946
600 mM KCl0.4970.18082.60.4900.62817.44217338,604
600 mM KCl (V149Q)0.4950.16481.90.4920.60818.13111211,034
1000 mM KCl0.5050.14879.90.5110.59120.12610912,666
600 mM KCl, 20 mM Mg-ATP0.5240.15781.50.5270.51018.51612112,061
600 mM KCl, 20 mM Mg-ATP, 100 µM glycine betaine0.5150.15578.50.5110.50721.505217,155
600 mM KCl, 20 mM Mg-ATP, 100 µM glycine betaine (E190Q)0.5400.14181.40.5470.50518.673810,832
600 mM KCl, 20 mM Mg-ATP, 100 µM glycine betaine, 500 µM orthovanadate0.5170.15478.90.5130.52921.5178721,052
600 mM KCl, 50 mM glutamate, 50 mM arginine0.5100.16279.90.5130.54920.11913312,722
  1. *

    All conditions, except the first, contained 50 mM HEPES-K pH 7.0.

Table 2—source data 1

Burst variance analysis and mpH2MM of the FRET bursts of OpuA-K521C (variants) in different buffers.

(A) From top to bottom: (1) Burst variance analysis of the bursts which were corrected by the leakage, crosstalk, and γ-correction factors and which were selected after removing donor-only and acceptor-only bursts. The standard deviation of FRET in each burst is plotted against its mean FRET. Black squares show average values per FRET bin. Black dotted line shows the expected standard deviation in the absence of within-burst dynamics. (2) 2D E-S histogram shows the same data as in (1), with on both sides a histogram that represents the same bursts. (B) Plot of the ICL-values for each final model. The model used in the downstream analysis and following figures is shown as a star. (C) Plot of the BIC’-values for each final model. The red line represents a 0.05 cut-off. The model used is shown as a star. (D) Burst-based 2D E-S scatter plot. Bursts are colored on the basis of the assigned state of the chosen mpH2MM model. If a burst contains more than one state, it is assigned as being dynamic. (E) Dwell-based 2D E-S scatter plot. Dwells are colored on the basis of the assigned state of the chosen mpH2MM model. The dwells were corrected for leakage, direct excitation and the γ-factor. Black dots in A, D and E represent the average value of each state.

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Table 3
The FRET (E) and Stoichiometry (S) of the FRET states of OpuA-N414C, their relative abundance, and the transition rate constants between the states.
Condition*Low-FRET state (L)High-FRET state (H)Transition rate (s–1)Number of FRET dwells
SE% dwellsSE% dwellsL-HH-L
0 mM KCl0.5270.09972.20.5430.50927.8156812,162
600 mM KCl0.4830.10088.50.4760.49711.52419318,130
600 mM KCl, 20 mM Mg-ATP0.5480.09094.40.5360.4565.6214110,447
600 mM KCl, 20 mM Mg-ATP, 100 µM glycine betaine0.5380.08795.70.5550.4994.725914,898
600 mM KCl, 20 mM Mg-ATP, 100 µM glycine betaine (E190Q)0.4790.10694.80.4640.5405.2253178024
600 mM KCl, 20 mM Mg-ATP, 100 µM glycine betaine, 500 µM orthovanadate0.5380.08594.60.5780.5685.451867236
  1. *

    All conditions contained 50 mM HEPES-K pH 7.0.

Table 3—source data 1

Burst variance analysis and mpH2MM of the FRET bursts of OpuA-N414C (variants) in different buffers.

(A) From top to bottom: (1) Burst variance analysis of the bursts which were corrected by the leakage, crosstalk, and γ-correction factors and which were selected after removing donor-only and acceptor-only bursts. The standard deviation of FRET in each burst is plotted against its mean FRET. Black squares show average values per FRET bin. Black dotted line shows the expected standard deviation in the absence of within-burst dynamics. (2) 2D E-S histogram shows the same data as in (1), with on both sides a histogram that represents the same bursts. (B) Plot of the ICL-values for each final model. The model used in the downstream analysis and following figures is shown as a star. (C) Plot of the BIC’-values for each final model. The red line represents a 0.05 cut-off. The model used is shown as a star. (D) Burst-based 2D E-S scatter plot. Bursts are colored on the basis of the assigned state of the chosen mpH2MM model. If a burst contains more than one state, it is assigned as being dynamic. (E) Dwell-based 2D E-S scatter plot. Dwells are colored on the basis of the assigned state of the chosen mpH2MM model. The dwells were corrected for leakage, direct excitation and the γ-factor. Black dots in A, D and E represent the average value of each state.

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Table 4
Steady-state anisotropy values of free dyes and dyes which were attached to different proteins.
Condition*Alexa Fluor 555Alexa Fluor 647
Free dye50 mM KCl0.210.16
Free dye300 mM KCl0.210.16
MalE-T36C-S352C300 mM KCl0.260.22
OpuA-K521C50 mM KCl0.300.28
OpuA-K521C300 mM KCl0.290.27
OpuA-N414C50 mM KCl0.280.24
OpuA-N414C300 mM KCl0.280.23
  1. *

    All conditions contained 50 mM HEPES-K pH 7.0.

  2. Standard deviation between triplicates was less than 0.001.

Key resources table
Reagent type (species) or resourceDesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
Gene (Lactococcus lactis IL1403)OpuAANAQ9RQ05
Gene (Lactococcus lactis IL1403)OpuABCNAQ9KIF7
Strain, strain background (Lactococcus lactis)Opu40110.1073/pnas.0603871103;
Biemans-Oldehinkel et al., 2006
Lactococcus lactis NZ9000 with OpuA gene deleted
Strain, strain background (Escherichia coli)BL21(DE3)NA
Recombinant DNA reagentpNZopuAhis10.1073/pnas.97.13.7102;
van der Heide and Poolman, 2000
Expression plasmid for OpuA
Recombinant DNA reagentpMSP1E3D1AddgeneCAT#:20066Expression plasmid for MSP1E3D1
Commercial assay or kitPierce BCA Protein Assay KitThermoFisher Scientific Inc.CAT#:23225
Chemical compound, drugAlexa Fluor 555ThermoFisher Scientific Inc.CAT#: A20346
Chemical compound, drugAlexa Fluor 647ThermoFisher Scientific Inc.CAT#: A20347
Chemical compound, drug1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DOPE)Avanti Polar Lipids Inc.CAT#: 850725 P
Chemical compound, drug1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC)Avanti Polar Lipids Inc.CAT#: 850375 P
Chemical compound, drug1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1'-rac-glycerol) (DOPG)Avanti Polar Lipids Inc.CAT#: 840475 P
Chemical compound, drugn-Dodecyl-β-d-maltoside (DDM)Glycon Biochemicals GmbHCAT#: D97002
Chemical compound, drugAdenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP)Roche Holding AGCAT#: 10519987001
chemical compound, drugß-Nicotine amide adenine dinucleotide (NADH)Carl Roth GmbhCAT#: AE12.1
Chemical compound, drugPhosphoenolpyruvic acid (PEP)Carl Roth GmbhCAT#: 8397.3
Chemical compound, drugPyruvate Kinase/Lactic Dehydrogenase enzymes from rabbit muscle (PK/LDH)Sigma-AldrichCAT#: P0294
Chemical compound, drugGlycine betaineSigma-AldrichCAT#: 61962
Chemical compound, drugL-glutamineSigma-AldrichCAT#: G3126
Chemical compound, drugL-arginineSigma-AldrichCAT#: A5006
Chemical compound, drugOrthovanadateSigma-AldrichCAT#: 450243
Software, algorithmFRETbursts10.1371/journal.pone.0160716;
Ingargiola et al., 2016b
Version 0.7.1
Software, algorithmBursth2m10.1038/s41467-022-28632-x;
Harris et al., 2022
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Ingargiola et al., 2016a
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Software, algorithmMotionCor210.1038/nmeth.4193;
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Software, algorithmCTFFIND410.1016/J.JSB.2015.08.008;
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Wagner et al., 2019
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Table 5
Primers used in this study to generate mutations in OpuA.
Oligo nr.Oligo nameSequence (from 5' to 3') *
9053UOpuAC-K521C fwaaaggttUgaagTGTgaaaatccagaagcttataaag
9054UOpuAC-K521C revaaaccttUacgaacaatgg
9511UOpuAC-N414C fwaattgaagaUttaacaaatcaagc
9512UOpuAC-N414C revatcttcaatUgaattaacACAcatataacttggaac
9617UOpuAA-E190Q fwaagctttcUctgctcttgac
9618UOpuAA-E190Q revagaaagcTUGatccatgagcaaaatc
9619UOpuAC-V149Q fwatttgatUccagcgCAAgcattctttgg
9620UOpuAC-V149Q revaatcaaaUaaacgaaaccagg
  1. *

    Mutated triplets and introduced uracils are in capitals.

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  1. Marco van den Noort
  2. Panagiotis Drougkas
  3. Cristina Paulino
  4. Bert Poolman
(2024)
The substrate-binding domains of the osmoregulatory ABC importer OpuA transiently interact
eLife 12:RP90996.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.90996.3