Nitric oxide dioxygenation reaction in DevS and the initial response to nitric oxide in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
DevS and DosT from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) are paralogous heme-based sensor kinases that respond to hypoxia and to low concentrations of nitric oxide (NO). Both proteins work with the response regulator DevR as a two-component regulatory system to induce the dormancy regulon in MTB. While DevS and DosT are inactive when dioxygen is bound to the heme Fe(II) at their sensor domain, autokinase activity is observed in their heme Fe(II)-NO counterparts. To date, the conversion between active and inactive states and the reactivity of the heme-oxy complex toward NO have not been investigated. Here, we use stopped-flow UV-vis spectroscopy and rapid freeze quench resonance Raman spectroscopy to probe these reactions in DevS. Our data reveal that the heme-O(2) complex of DevS reacts efficiently with NO to produce nitrate and the oxidized Fe(III) heme through an NO dioxygenation reaction that parallels the catalytic reactions of bacterial flavohemoglobin and truncated hemoglobins. Autophosphorylation activity assays show that the Fe(III) heme state of DevS remains inactive but exhibits a high affinity for NO and forms an Fe(III)-NO complex that is readily reduced by ascorbate, a mild reducing agent. On the basis of these results, we conclude that upon exposure to low NO concentrations, the inactive oxy-heme complex of DevS is rapidly converted to the Fe(II)-NO complex in the reducing environment of living cells and triggers the initiation of dormancy.
Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Oregon Health and Science University, 20000 Northwest Walker Road, Beaverton, Oregon 97006-8921, United States.
Erik T
ET
Yukl
Alexandra
A
Ioanoviciu
Santhosh
S
Sivaramakrishnan
Michiko M
MM
Nakano
Paul R
PR
Ortiz de Montellano
Pierre
P
Moënne-Loccoz
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D006418:Heme / Q000378:metabolism; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D006656:Protamine Kinase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D006418:Heme; C506260:DevS protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D006656:Protamine Kinase; C542862:DosT protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D010100:Oxygen
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