Identification and analysis of Escherichia coli proteins that interact with the histidine kinase NtrB in a yeast two-hybrid system

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 269, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 574-581

  Salinas, P ^a   Contreras, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspartase; GlnK; Nitrogen interaction network; NtrB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASES; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0042122506     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-003-0866-7     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Atkinson MR, Ninfa AJ (1999) Characterization of the GlnK protein of Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 32:301-313
2. Atkinson MR, Blauwkamp TA, Bondarenko V, Studitsky V, Ninfa AJ (2002a) Activation of the glnA, glnK, and nac promoters as Escherichia coli undergoes the transition from nitrogen excess growth to nitrogen starvation. J Bacteriol 184:5358-5363
3. Atkinson MR, Blauwkamp TA, Ninfa AJ (2002b) Context-dependent functions of the PII and GlnK signal transduction proteins in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 184:5364-5375
4. Ausubel F, Brent R, Kingston R, Moore D, Seidman J (eds) (1999) Short protocols in molecular biology. Wiley, New York
5. Bartel P, Chien CT, Sternglanz R, Fields S (1993) Elimination of false positives that arise in using the two-hybrid system. Biotechniques 14:920-924
6. Berges H, Checroun C, Guiral S, Garnerone AM, Boistard P, Batut J (2001) A glutamine-amidotransferase-like protein modulates FixT anti-kinase activity in Sinorhizobium meliloti. BMC Microbiol 1:6
7. Chien CT, Bartel PL, Sternglanz R, Fields S (1991) The two-hybrid system: a method to identify and clone genes for proteins that interact with a protein of interest. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 88:9578-9582
8. Clarke L, Carbon J (1976) A colony bank containing synthetic Col El hybrid plasmids representative of the entire E. coli genome. Cell 9:91-99
9. Deane CM, Salwinski L, Xenarios I, Eisenberg D (2002) Protein interactions: two methods for assessment of the reliability of high throughput observations. Mol Cell Proteomics 1:349-356
10. Finkel RA, Bent S, Schardl CL (1994) Determining the probability of obtaining a desired clone in an amplified or shuttle library. Biotechniques 16:580-582
11. Fromont-Racine M, Mayes AE, Brunet-Simon A, Rain JC, Colley A, Dix I, Decourty L, Joly N, Ricard F, Beggs JD, Legrain P (2000) Genome-wide protein interaction screens reveal functional networks involving Sm-like proteins. Yeast 17:95-110
12. Garnerone AM, Cabanes D, Foussard M, Boistard P, Batut J (1999) Inhibition of the FixL sensor kinase by the FixT protein in Sinorhizobium meliloti. J Biol Chem 274:32500-32506
13. Golby P, Kelly DJ, Guest JR, Andrews SC (1998) Transcriptional regulation and organization of the dcuA and dcuB genes, encoding homologous anaerobic C4-dicarboxylate transporters in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 180:6586-65896
14. Guyer MS, Reed RE, Steitz T, Low KB (1981) Identification of a sex-factor-affinity site in E. coli as gamma delta. Cold Spring Harbor Symp Quant Biol 45:135-140
15. Hanahan D (1985) Techniques for transformation of Escherichia coli. In: Glover D (ed) DNA cloning (vol 1). IRL Press, Oxford, pp 109-135
16. Harper JW, Adami GR, Wei N, Keyomarsi K, Elledge SJ (1993) The p21 Cdk-interacting protein Cip1 is a potent inhibitor of G1 cyclin- dependent kinases. Cell 75:805-816
17. Hoch JA, Varughese KI (2001) Keeping signals straight in phosphorelay signal transduction. J Bacteriol 183:4941-4949
18. James P, Halladay J, Craig EA (1996) Genomic libraries and a host strain designed for highly efficient two- hybrid selection in yeast. Genetics 144:1425-1436
19. Jiang P, Ninfa AJ (1999) Regulation of autophosphorylation of Escherichia coli nitrogen regulator II by the PII signal transduction protein. J Bacteriol 181:1906-1911
20. Jiang P, Peliska JA, Ninfa AJ (1998a) Reconstitution of the signal-transduction bicyclic cascade responsible for the regulation of Ntr gene transcription in Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 37:12795-12801
21. Jiang P, Peliska JA, Ninfa AJ (1998b) Enzymological characterization of the signal-transducing uridylyltransferase/uridylyl-removing enzyme (EC 2.7.7.59) of Escherichia coli and its interaction with the PII protein. Biochemistry 37:12782-12794
22. Jiang P, Atkinson MR, Srisawat C, Sun Q, Ninfa AJ (2000) Functional dissection of the dimerization and enzymatic activities of Escherichia coli nitrogen regulator II and their regulation by the PII protein. Biochemistry 39:13433-13449
23. Kabani M, Boisrame A, Beckerich JM, Gaillardin C (2000) A highly representative two-hybrid genomic library for the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. Gene 241:309-315
24. Kolonin MG, Zhong J, Finley RL (2000) Interaction mating methods in two-hybrid systems. Methods Enzymol 328:26-46
25. Martinez-Argudo I, Contreras A (2002) PII T-loop mutations affecting signal transduction to NtrB also abolish yeast two-hybrid interactions. J Bacteriol 184:3746-3748
26. Martinez-Argudo I, Martin-Nieto J, Salinas P, Maldonado R, Drummond M, Contreras A (2001) Two-hybrid analysis of domain interactions involving NtrB and NtrC two- component regulators. Mol Microbiol 40:169-178
27. Martinez-Argudo I, Salinas P, Maldonado R, Contreras A (2002) Domain interactions on the Ntr signal transduction pathway: two-hybrid analysis of mutant and truncated derivatives of histidine kinase NtrB. J Bacteriol 184:200-206
28. Ninfa AJ, Jiang P, Atkinson MR, Peliska JA (2000) Integration of antagonistic signals in the regulation of nitrogen assimilation in Escherichia coli. Curr Top Cell Regul 36:31-75
29. Pioszak AA, Ninfa AJ (2003) Genetic and biochemical analysis of phosphatase activity of Escherichia coli NRII (NtrB) and its regulation by the PII signal transduction protein. J Bacteriol 185:1299-1315
30. Pioszak AA, Jiang P, Ninfa AJ (2000) The Escherichia coli PII signal transduction protein regulates the activities of the two-component system transmitter protein NRII by direct interaction with the kinase domain of the transmitter module. Biochemistry 39:13450-13461
31. Roder KH, Wolf SS, Schweizer M (1996) Refinement of vectors for use in the yeast two-hybrid system. Anal Biochem 241:260-262
32. Sambrook J, Fritsch E, Maniatis T (1989) Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual (2nd edn). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
33. Schneider S, Buchert M, Hovens CM (1996) An in vitro assay of beta-galactosidase from yeast. Biotechniques 20:960-962
34. Shi W, Dunbar J, Jayasekera MM, Viola RE, Farber GK (1997) The structure of L-aspartate ammonia-lyase from Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 36:9136-9144
35. Taylor BL, Zhulin IB (1999) PAS domains: internal sensors of oxygen, redox potential, and light. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 63:479-506
36. Viola RE (2000) L-aspartase: new tricks from an old enzyme. Adv Enzymol Relat Areas Mol Biol 74:295-341
37. Wang L, Grau R, Perego M, Hoch JA (1997) A novel histidine kinase inhibitor regulating development in Bacillus subtilis. Genes Dev 11:2569-2579
38. West AH, Stock AM (2001) Histidine kinases and response regulator proteins in two-component signaling systems. Trends Biochem Sci 26:369-376
39. Wootton JC, Drummond MH (1989) The Q-linker: a class of interdomain sequences found in bacterial multidomain regulatory proteins. Protein Eng 2:535-543
40. Zhulin IB, Nikolskaya AN, Galperin MY (2003) Common extra-cellular sensory domains in transmembrane receptors for diverse signal transduction pathways in bacteria and archaea. J Bacteriol 185:285-294