Structural, kinetic and proteomic characterization of acetyl phosphate-dependent bacterial protein acetylation Journal Article

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Authors: Kuhn, M. L.; Zemaitaitis, B; Hu, L. I.; Sahu, A.; Sorensen, D; Minasov, G.; Lima, B. P.; Scholle, M.; Mrksich, M.; Anderson, W. F.; Gibson, B. W.; Schilling, B; Wolfe, A. J.
Article Title: Structural, kinetic and proteomic characterization of acetyl phosphate-dependent bacterial protein acetylation
Abstract: The emerging view of Nepsilon-lysine acetylation in eukaryotes is of a relatively abundant post-translational modification (PTM) that has a major impact on the function, structure, stability and/or location of thousands of proteins involved in diverse cellular processes. This PTM is typically considered to arise by the donation of the acetyl group from acetyl-coenzyme A (acCoA) to the epsilon-amino group of a lysine residue that is reversibly catalyzed by lysine acetyltransferases and deacetylases. Here, we provide genetic, mass spectrometric, biochemical and structural evidence that Nepsilon-lysine acetylation is an equally abundant and important PTM in bacteria. Applying a recently developed, label-free and global mass spectrometric approach to an isogenic set of mutants, we detected acetylation of thousands of lysine residues on hundreds of Escherichia coli proteins that participate in diverse and often essential cellular processes, including translation, transcription and central metabolism. Many of these acetylations were regulated in an acetyl phosphate (acP)-dependent manner, providing compelling evidence for a recently reported mechanism of bacterial Nepsilon-lysine acetylation. These mass spectrometric data, coupled with observations made by crystallography, biochemistry, and additional mass spectrometry showed that this acP-dependent acetylation is both non-enzymatic and specific, with specificity determined by the accessibility, reactivity and three-dimensional microenvironment of the target lysine. Crystallographic evidence shows acP can bind to proteins in active sites and cofactor binding sites, but also potentially anywhere molecules with a phosphate moiety could bind. Finally, we provide evidence that acP-dependent acetylation can impact the function of critical enzymes, including glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, triosephosphate isomerase, and RNA polymerase.
Journal Title: PloS one
Volume: 9
Issue: 4
ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
Publisher: Unknown  
Journal Place: United States
Date Published: 2014
Start Page: e94816
Language: eng
DOI/URL:

10.1371/journal.pone.0094816
Notes: JID: 101285081; OID: NLM: PMC3995681; 2014 [ecollection]; 2013/12/14 [received]; 2014/03/19 [accepted]; 2014/04/22 [epublish]; epublish