scholarly journals Expression of the F0F1 ATP synthase inhibitor AtpΘ depends on small basic DNA-binding proteins and differential mRNA stability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuo Song ◽  
Martin Hagemann ◽  
Doerte Becher ◽  
Sandra Maass ◽  
Jens Georg ◽  
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F0F1 ATP synthases produce ATP, the universal biological energy source. ATP synthase complexes on cyanobacterial thylakoid membranes use proton gradients generated either by photosynthesis or respiration. AtpΘ is an ATP synthase regulator in cyanobacteria encoded by atpT. AtpΘ inhibits the hydrolysis of ATP (reverse reaction) that otherwise would occur under unfavorable conditions. In the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, AtpΘ is expressed at very low levels under optimum phototrophic growth conditions or in the presence of glucose, but its expression is substantially increased 10 min after transfer into darkness. DNA coimmunoprecipitation experiments followed by mass spectrometry identified the binding of the two transcriptional regulators cyAbrB1 and cyAbrB2 to the promoter and the histone-like protein HU to the 5-UTR of atpT. GFP reporter assays revealed a detectable but small effect on transcriptional regulation. However, atpT transcript stabilities differed dramatically, half-lives were 1.6 min in the light, 33 min in the dark and substantial changes were observed if glucose or DCMU were added. Basic transcriptional control of atpT involves nucleoid-associated DNA-binding proteins, while the major effect on the condition-dependent regulation of atpT expression is mediated by controlling mRNA stability, which is related to the cellular redox and energy status.

Author(s):  
Yanping Zhang ◽  
Pengcheng Chen ◽  
Ya Gao ◽  
Jianwei Ni ◽  
Xiaosheng Wang

Aim and Objective:: Given the rapidly increasing number of molecular biology data available, computational methods of low complexity are necessary to infer protein structure, function, and evolution. Method:: In the work, we proposed a novel mthod, FermatS, which based on the global position information and local position representation from the curve and normalized moments of inertia, respectively, to extract features information of protein sequences. Furthermore, we use the generated features by FermatS method to analyze the similarity/dissimilarity of nine ND5 proteins and establish the prediction model of DNA-binding proteins based on logistic regression with 5-fold crossvalidation. Results:: In the similarity/dissimilarity analysis of nine ND5 proteins, the results are consistent with evolutionary theory. Moreover, this method can effectively predict the DNA-binding proteins in realistic situations. Conclusion:: The findings demonstrate that the proposed method is effective for comparing, recognizing and predicting protein sequences. The main code and datasets can download from https://github.com/GaoYa1122/FermatS.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Zou ◽  
Hongjie Wu ◽  
Xiaoyi Guo ◽  
Li Peng ◽  
Yijie Ding ◽  
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Background: Detecting DNA-binding proetins (DBPs) based on biological and chemical methods is time consuming and expensive. Objective: In recent years, the rise of computational biology methods based on Machine Learning (ML) has greatly improved the detection efficiency of DBPs. Method: In this study, Multiple Kernel-based Fuzzy SVM Model with Support Vector Data Description (MK-FSVM-SVDD) is proposed to predict DBPs. Firstly, sex features are extracted from protein sequence. Secondly, multiple kernels are constructed via these sequence feature. Than, multiple kernels are integrated by Centered Kernel Alignment-based Multiple Kernel Learning (CKA-MKL). Next, fuzzy membership scores of training samples are calculated with Support Vector Data Description (SVDD). FSVM is trained and employed to detect new DBPs. Results: Our model is test on several benchmark datasets. Compared with other methods, MK-FSVM-SVDD achieves best Matthew's Correlation Coefficient (MCC) on PDB186 (0.7250) and PDB2272 (0.5476). Conclusion: We can conclude that MK-FSVM-SVDD is more suitable than common SVM, as the classifier for DNA-binding proteins identification.


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