Mutations conferring SO4 2− pumping ability on the cyanobacterial anion pump rhodopsin and the resultant unique features of the mutant
Abstract Membrane transport proteins can be divided into two types: those that bind substrates in a resting state and those that do not. In this study, we demonstrate that these types can be converted by mutations through a study of two cyanobacterial anion-pumping rhodopsins, Mastigocladopsis repen...
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| author | Yuhei Doi Jo Watanabe Ryota Nii Takashi Tsukamoto Makoto Demura Yuki Sudo Takashi Kikukawa |
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| description | Abstract Membrane transport proteins can be divided into two types: those that bind substrates in a resting state and those that do not. In this study, we demonstrate that these types can be converted by mutations through a study of two cyanobacterial anion-pumping rhodopsins, Mastigocladopsis repens halorhodopsin (MrHR) and Synechocystis halorhodopsin (SyHR). Anion pump rhodopsins, including MrHR and SyHR, initially bind substrate anions to the protein center and transport them upon illumination. MrHR transports only smaller halide ions, Cl- and Br-, but SyHR also transports SO4 2−, despite the close sequence similarity to MrHR. We sought a determinant that could confer SO4 2− pumping ability on MrHR and found that the removal of a negative charge at the anion entrance is a prerequisite for SO4 2− transport by MrHR. Consistently, the reverse mutation in SyHR significantly weakened SO4 2− pump activity. Notably, the MrHR and SyHR mutants did not show SO4 2− induced absorption spectral shifts or changes in the photoreactions, suggesting no bindings of SO4 2− in their initial states or the bindings to the sites far from the protein centers. In other words, unlike wild-type SyHR, these mutants take up SO4 2− into their centers after illumination and release it before the ends of the photoreactions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-60ff018804e94a2ea31b225f2e8ff3bf2022-12-22T03:24:19ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-09-0112111210.1038/s41598-022-20784-6Mutations conferring SO4 2− pumping ability on the cyanobacterial anion pump rhodopsin and the resultant unique features of the mutantYuhei Doi0Jo Watanabe1Ryota Nii2Takashi Tsukamoto3Makoto Demura4Yuki Sudo5Takashi Kikukawa6School of Science, Hokkaido UniversitySchool of Science, Hokkaido UniversitySchool of Science, Hokkaido UniversitySchool of Science, Hokkaido UniversitySchool of Science, Hokkaido UniversityGraduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama UniversitySchool of Science, Hokkaido UniversityAbstract Membrane transport proteins can be divided into two types: those that bind substrates in a resting state and those that do not. In this study, we demonstrate that these types can be converted by mutations through a study of two cyanobacterial anion-pumping rhodopsins, Mastigocladopsis repens halorhodopsin (MrHR) and Synechocystis halorhodopsin (SyHR). Anion pump rhodopsins, including MrHR and SyHR, initially bind substrate anions to the protein center and transport them upon illumination. MrHR transports only smaller halide ions, Cl- and Br-, but SyHR also transports SO4 2−, despite the close sequence similarity to MrHR. We sought a determinant that could confer SO4 2− pumping ability on MrHR and found that the removal of a negative charge at the anion entrance is a prerequisite for SO4 2− transport by MrHR. Consistently, the reverse mutation in SyHR significantly weakened SO4 2− pump activity. Notably, the MrHR and SyHR mutants did not show SO4 2− induced absorption spectral shifts or changes in the photoreactions, suggesting no bindings of SO4 2− in their initial states or the bindings to the sites far from the protein centers. In other words, unlike wild-type SyHR, these mutants take up SO4 2− into their centers after illumination and release it before the ends of the photoreactions.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20784-6 |
| spellingShingle | Yuhei Doi Jo Watanabe Ryota Nii Takashi Tsukamoto Makoto Demura Yuki Sudo Takashi Kikukawa Mutations conferring SO4 2− pumping ability on the cyanobacterial anion pump rhodopsin and the resultant unique features of the mutant Scientific Reports |
| title | Mutations conferring SO4 2− pumping ability on the cyanobacterial anion pump rhodopsin and the resultant unique features of the mutant |
| title_full | Mutations conferring SO4 2− pumping ability on the cyanobacterial anion pump rhodopsin and the resultant unique features of the mutant |
| title_fullStr | Mutations conferring SO4 2− pumping ability on the cyanobacterial anion pump rhodopsin and the resultant unique features of the mutant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mutations conferring SO4 2− pumping ability on the cyanobacterial anion pump rhodopsin and the resultant unique features of the mutant |
| title_short | Mutations conferring SO4 2− pumping ability on the cyanobacterial anion pump rhodopsin and the resultant unique features of the mutant |
| title_sort | mutations conferring so4 2 pumping ability on the cyanobacterial anion pump rhodopsin and the resultant unique features of the mutant |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20784-6 |
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