Structural and biochemical characterization of Ohr/OsmC family proteins: emphasis on the characterization of a Francisella tularensis protein involved in pathogenicity

• Grant number: 12/21722-1
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): December 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): November 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Luis Eduardo Soares Netto
• Grantee: Diogo de Abreu Meireles
• Home Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/07937-8 - Redoxome - Redox Processes in Biomedicine, AP.CEPID

Abstract

Ohr (organic hydroperoxide resistance) proteins are pivotal players in bacterial response to organic hydroperoxide insults. Our group showed that the Cys based, thiol-dependent peroxidase activity of Ohr underlies the organic hydroperoxide sensitivity phenotype (Cussiol et al., 2003). Elucitation of Ohr crystallographic structure prompts us to propose a mechanism of catalysis, where the two cysteine residues besides an arginine and a glutamate residues take place (Oliveira et al., 2006). Ohr enzymes belong to a family of proteins named Ohr/OsmC, which are composed by three main subgroups: subgroup I, represented by Ohr, subgroup II, represented by OsmC and subgroup III, represented by YhfA. Although they share low sequence similarity, they display high structural conservation, including the two active site cysteines. The function of OsmC protein is poorly studied and almost nothing is known about YhfA. In the present project, we intend to investigate the distribuction of Ohr/OsmC proteins in distinct taxonomic groups and propose a new classification, since our initial analyses brought out this need. We also intend to structural and biochemically characterize members of protein subgroup YhfA. Finally, the possible role of Ohr on virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa will be investigated. (AU)

Scientific publications

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GOMES, FERNANDO; PALMA, FLAVIO ROMERO; BARROS, MARIO H.; TSUCHIDA, EDUARDO T.; TURANO, HELENA G.; ALEGRIA, THIAGO G. P.; DEMASI, MARILENE; NETTO, LUIS E. S. Proteolytic cleavage by the inner membrane peptidase (IMP) complex or Oct1 peptidase controls the localization of the yeast peroxiredoxin Prx1 to distinct mitochondrial compartments. Journal of Biological Chemistry, v. 292, n. 41, p. 17011-17024, OCT 13 2017. Web of Science Citations: 4.

MEIRELES, A.; DOMINGOS, R. M.; GAIARSA, J. W.; RAGNONI, E. G.; BANNITZ-FERNANDES, R.; DA SILVA NETO, J. F.; DE SOUZA, R. F.; NETTO, L. E. S. Functional and evolutionary characterization of Ohr proteins in eukaryotes reveals many active homologs among pathogenic fungi. REDOX BIOLOGY, v. 12, p. 600-609, AUG 2017. Web of Science Citations: 4.

PREVIATO-MELLO, MARISTELA; MEIRELES, DIOGO DE ABREU; SOARES NETTO, LUIS EDUARDO; DA SILVA NETO, JOSE FREIRE. Global Transcriptional Response to Organic Hydroperoxide and the Role of OhrR in the Control of Virulence Traits in Chromobacterium violaceum. Infection and Immunity, v. 85, n. 8 AUG 2017. Web of Science Citations: 5.

ALEGRIA, THIAGO G. P.; MEIRELES, DIOGO A.; CUSSIOL, JOSE R. R.; HUGO, MARTIN; TRUJILLO, MADIA; DE OLIVEIRA, MARCOS ANTONIO; MIYAMOTO, SAYURI; QUEIROZ, RAPHAEL F.; VALADARES, NAPOLEAO FONSECA; GARRATT, RICHARD C.; RADI, RAFAEL; DI MASCIO, PAOLO; AUGUSTO, OHARA; NETTO, LUIS E. S. Ohr plays a central role in bacterial responses against fatty acid hydroperoxides and peroxynitrite. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 114, n. 2, p. E132-E141, JAN 10 2017. Web of Science Citations: 18.

MEIRELES, DIOGO DE ABREU; PIRES ALEGRIA, THIAGO GERONIMO; ALVES, SIMONE VIDIGAL; ROCHA ARANTES, CARLA RANI; SOARES NETTO, LUIS EDUARDO. A 14.7 kDa Protein from Francisella tularensis subsp novicida (Named FTN_1133), Involved in the Response to Oxidative Stress Induced by Organic Peroxides, Is Not Endowed with Thiol-Dependent Peroxidase Activity. PLoS One, v. 9, n. 6 JUN 24 2014. Web of Science Citations: 5.