Role of Prokayotic P-Type ATPases
Santosh K Upadhyay1 and Shruti Mathur2*
1Department of Botany, Punjab University, India
2Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Rajasthan, India
Submission: July 03, 2017; Published: September 18, 2017
*Corresponding author: Shruti Mathur, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Rajasthan, Kant Kalwar, NH-11C, Jaipur 303-002, India, Email: smathurl@jpr.amity.edu, shrutimathur6@gmail.com
How to cite this article: Santosh K U, Shruti M. Role of Prokayotic P-Type ATPases. Int J cell Sci & mol biol. 2017; 3(1) : 555602. DOI: 10.19080/IJCSMB.2017.03.555602.
Abstract
P-type ATPases is a large and varied family of Trans membrane proteins that are responsible for actively pumping ions and small organic molecules, against their concentration gradient, across the cell membrane. They are ubiquitous and reported to be found in bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. They are responsible for controlling vital functions of the cell like muscle contraction, membrane potential, signaling etc. in eukaryotes. In prokaryotes, relatively few studies have been performed on the biochemical function and in vivo importance of these pumps although a plethora of gene sequences have been obtained from bacterial genome sequences. This review puts together the various roles of P-type ATPases in prokaryotes in which their function has been elucidated. The various roles of P-type ATPases in prokaryotes is to confer on them the ability to withstand high concentrations of heavy metals, to overcome high phagosomal metal levels and to aid in the assembly of periplasmic and secreted metalloproteins. These properties are critically required for their survival in extreme conditions (extremophiles), to withstand heavy metal stress and also for bacterial virulence.
Keywords: Prokaryotic P-type ATPases; Biosensors; Virulence; Heavy metal stress; Vaccine targets
Introduction
Active transport across membranes is an essential feature of life. P-type ATPases establish and maintain steep electrochemical gradients of key cations at the expense of ATP as originally proposed by Jardetzky [1]. P-ATPases (also known as E1-E2 ATPases) (EC:3.6.3) are found in bacteria and in a number of eukaryotic plasma membranes and organelles. P-ATPases function to transport a variety of different compounds, including ions and phospholipids, across a membrane using ATP hydrolysis for energy. There are many different classes of P-ATPases, which transport specific types of ion: H+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Ag+ and Ag2+, Zn2+, Co2+, Pb2+, Ni2+, Cd2+, Cu+ and Cu2+. Trans membrane translocation of cat ions is coupled to intermediate phosphorylation of the enzyme (hence the name 'P-type') and involve specific domain movements [2]. These domains are highly conserved throughout the entire P-type ATPase family [3] . The major advancement in understanding mechanisms of transfer and specificity of substrates have been possible by the increased number of crystal structures deciphered and reviewed [4] . They have been grouped into five subfamilies PI through PV, depending on a wide range of cationic and lipid substrates. PIA, PIB, PIIA, PIII are found both in Archaea and Bacteria while PIIIB is found only in Bacteria. All others are not found in Prokaryotes [2,5].
The cat ionic substrates transported include H+, Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg 2+, Cd2+ and Cu2+ in species as diverse as bacteria and man [6] and also Zn+ ,Co+, Au+ and Ag+ which are grouped into the PIB type. Several studies have been made on bacteria such as bacilli [7], pseudomonads [8], Ralstonia spp [9] and cyanobacteria [10]. These studies reveal that the PIB-ATPases regulate concentration of metal ions by export of those which are toxic and import of those which are essential. Phylogentic analysis between 16S rRNA and PIB-type ATPase gene trees have revealed in congruencies pointing to instances of lateral gene transfer (LGT) among diverse microbes. This indicates specific functions for the different clades within the PIB-type ATPase phylogeny [11].
Evolution of Metal Homeostasis in P-Type Atpases as Stress Management Strategy
Transition metals are essential micronutrients that participate in biochemical pathways ranging from cellular respiration to gene expression [12] and direct interaction with DNA and proteins through Fenton reactions [13]. Consequently, their presence at high concentrations in the cell can even be toxic [14]. Thus, homeostasis of these metals is crucial to bacterial metabolism where it is found to be ubiquitous. Even relatively simple bacteria have a number of membrane transporters that maintain the homeostasis of the various transition metals. These include, among others, the P-type ATPases [15-17]. P-type ATPases show existence as a single primitive ATPase, prior to the divergence of eukaryotes from prokaryotes [18]. Thereafter, divergence is seen into heavy metal pumping ATPases and the non-heavy metal ATPases as formation of a distinct evolutionary branch [19]. Genes encoding PIB-type ATPases with conserved motifs are found in the majority of sequenced bacterial and archaeal genomes, suggesting several loss and gain events. This corroborates the fact that these are primitive proteins indispensable for their role in life processes of bacteria [11,19] and archaea [19,20]. Such studies on evolution of metal homeostasis genes have significant contribution for comprehending microbial adaptations in environments stressed and continuously changing. The primary function of P-type ATPases in bacteria has therefore been understood as combat against extreme environmental stress conditions as reviewed and suggested by Chan et al.[21].
Heavy metal stress
Several studies on the function of PIB type ATPases in efflux of toxic metals like Fe2+ in B. subtilis [22] and Pb2+ in Staphylococcus aureus [23] have been made. An extensive exploration into the mechanisms of buffering optimum metal concentrations for cell viability in metal stressed bacteria has revealed the indispensable role of P-type ATPases in efflux mechanisms with a range of substrates (Cu+, Zn2+, Co2+). They can also transport non-physiological substrates (Cu2+, Cd2+, Pb2+, Au+, Ag+ due to the structural similarities among transition metals [24]. PIB- ATPases not only maintain cytoplasmic metal levels but also provide metals for the periplasmic assembly of metalloproteins [25]. Since PIB-ATPases appear key players in overcoming high phagosomal metal levels and are also required for the assembly of periplasmic and secreted metalloproteins that enable survival in extreme oxidant environments. Copper transporting P-IB type ATPases are the most studied .Genome database analyses have demonstrated that copper translocating PIB-type ATPases are highly conserved in Staphylococcus aureus [26].
Pathogenecity stress
Stress is also experienced by pathogenic bacteria during establishment of infection in the host cells where they come across change of temperature, pH, cation concentration. Infection not only triggers adaptive responses within bacteria to these specific stress conditions but also directs them to express virulence-associated genes in a spatiotemporally appropriate manner .It has been shown that P-type ATPase in in Streptococcus pneumoniae for Ca2+- transporting PIIB ATPase [27], Listeria monocytogenes [28] and enteric pathogen Salmonella [29], is vital for survival of the pathogen in the infected host, where Ca2+ concentration is very high and must be actively removed from bacterial cell . Transition metal PIB type ATPases have been reviewed and found to play similar role [30]. The role of metal intoxication in host-pathogen interactions was first noted owing to the virulence defects of bacteria that are defective in Zn(II) and Cu(I) efflux [31-34]. Similar studies have been performed for Fe2+ and Mn2+ intoxication [35- 38]. Efflux systems have thus been established to function as virulence factors as also reported in several bacterial pathogens [27-40]. The role of bacterial P-type ATPases has been summarized in Table 1. This shows the great versatility of tasks performed by them.
Potential Applications of P- Type Atpases
Heavy metal efflux systems enable growth of such heavy metal resistant bacteria in high concentrations of these metals. This property can be potentially harnessed in bioremediation of poorly cultivable soil high in heavy metal content, by precipitation of these heavy metals. Since the regulation of metal resistant gene expression is specific for each heavy metal and is dependent upon metal species concentration, the promoters and regulatory genes from the bacterial operons responsible for resistance can be used to create metal-specific biosensors (promoter-reporter gene fusions) [53]. The recent insights into the role of P-type ATPases in virulence new vaccine strategies that target metal transport systems have been developed. Components of the Zn2+ (ZnuD in Neisseria meningitidis) [54] and M2+ (MntC in S. aureus and PsaA in S. pneumoniae) uptake systems have been identified as potential vaccine targets [55]. Potential drug targets for intervention for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases in the light of a deeper understanding of host microenvironment, infection and stress resistance, have been reviewed by Fang et al. [26]. The Prokaryotic P-type ATPases are thus, a yet untapped storehouse of solutions to environmental problems and novel drug development.
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