Cloning, expression, purification, and biochemical characterisation of the FIC motif containing protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mishra, Saurabh and Bhagavat, Raghu and Chandra, Nagasuma and Vijayarangan, Namperumalsamy and Rajeswari, Haryadi and Ajitkumar, Parthasarathi (2012) Cloning, expression, purification, and biochemical characterisation of the FIC motif containing protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In: PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION, 86 (1). pp. 58-67.

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Abstract

The role of FIC (Filamentation induced by cAMP)(2) domain containing proteins in the regulation of many vital pathways, mostly through the transfer of NMPs from NTPs to specific target proteins (NMPylation), in microorganisms, higher eukaryotes, and plants is emerging. The identity and function of FIC domain containing protein of the human pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains unknown. In this regard, M. tuberculosis fic gene (Mtfic) was cloned, overexpressed, and purified to homogeneity for its biochemical characterisation. It has the characteristic FIC motif, HPFREGNGRSTR (HPFxxGNGRxxR), spanning 144th to 155th residue. Neither the His-tagged nor the GST-tagged MtFic protein, overexpressed in Escherichia coil, nor expression of Mtfic in Mycobacterium smegmatis, yielded the protein in the soluble fraction. However, the maltose binding protein (MBP) tagged MtFic (MBP-MtFic) could be obtained partly in the soluble fraction. The cloned, overexpressed, and purified recombinant MBP-MtFic showed conversion of ATP, GTP, CTP, and UTP into AMP. GMP, CMP, and UMP, respectively. Sequence alignment with several FIC motif containing proteins, complemented with homology modeling on the FIC motif containing protein, VbhT of Bartonella schoenbuchensis as the template, showed conservation and interaction of residues constituting the FIC domain. Site-specific mutagenesis of the His144, or Glu148, or Asn150 of the FIC motif, or of Arg87 residue that constitutes the FIC domain, or complete deletion of the FIC motif, abolished the NTP to NMP conversion activity. The design of NMP formation assay using the recombinant, soluble MtFic would enable identification of its target substrate for NMPylation. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE,
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, USA
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry Division of Biological Sciences > Microbiology & Cell Biology
Date Deposited:	31 Dec 2012 06:03
Last Modified:	31 Dec 2012 06:03
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/45483

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