Identification and Characterization of a New Class of (6-4) Photolyase from Vibrio cholerae

Biochemistry. 2019 Oct 29;58(43):4352-4360. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00766. Epub 2019 Oct 15.

Abstract

Light is crucial for many biological activities of most organisms, including vision, resetting of circadian rhythm, photosynthesis, and DNA repair. The cryptochrome/photolyase family (CPF) represents an ancient group of UV-A/blue light sensitive proteins that perform different functions such as DNA repair, circadian photoreception, and transcriptional regulation. The CPF is widely distributed throughout all organisms, including marine prokaryotes. The bacterium Vibrio cholerae was previously shown to have a CPD photolyase that repairs UV-induced thymine dimers and two CRY-DASHs that repair UV-induced single-stranded DNA damage. Here, we characterize a hypothetical gene Vca0809 encoding a new member of CPF in this organism. The spectroscopic analysis of the purified protein indicated that this enzyme possessed a catalytic cofactor, FAD, and photoantenna chromophore 6,7-dimethyl 8-ribityl-lumazin. With a slot blot-based DNA repair assay, we showed that it possessed (6-4) photolyase activity. Further phylogenetic and computational analyses enabled us to classify this gene as a member of the family of iron-sulfur bacterial cryptochromes and photolyases (FeS-BCP). Therefore, we named this gene Vc(6-4) FeS-BCP.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens / enzymology
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Arabidopsis / enzymology
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Bacterial Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Cryptochromes / chemistry
  • Cryptochromes / isolation & purification
  • Cryptochromes / metabolism
  • DNA / chemistry
  • DNA / radiation effects
  • Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase / chemistry*
  • Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase / isolation & purification
  • Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase / metabolism
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology
  • Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide / chemistry
  • Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide / metabolism
  • Phylogeny
  • Protein Binding
  • Pteridines / chemistry
  • Pteridines / metabolism
  • Rhodobacter sphaeroides / enzymology
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Ultraviolet Rays
  • Vibrio cholerae / enzymology*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Cryptochromes
  • Pteridines
  • Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide
  • 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine
  • DNA
  • pyrimidine(6-4)pyrimidone photolyase
  • Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase