2fep

Structural highlights

Function

[CCPA_BACSU] Global transcriptional regulator of carbon catabolite repression (CCR) and carbon catabolite activation (CCA), which ensures optimal energy usage under diverse conditions. Interacts with either P-Ser-HPr or P-Ser-Crh, leading to the formation of a complex that binds to DNA at the catabolite-response elements (cre). Binding to DNA allows activation or repression of many different genes and operons.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} [PTHP_BACSU] General (non sugar-specific) component of the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent sugar phosphotransferase system (sugar PTS). This major carbohydrate active-transport system catalyzes the phosphorylation of incoming sugar substrates concomitantly with their translocation across the cell membrane. The phosphoryl group from phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) is transferred to the phosphoryl carrier protein HPr by enzyme I. Phospho-HPr then transfers it to the permease (enzymes II/III).^{[6] [7]} P-Ser-HPr interacts with the catabolite control protein A (CcpA), forming a complex that binds to DNA at the catabolite response elements cre, operator sites preceding a large number of catabolite-regulated genes. Thus, P-Ser-HPr is a corepressor in carbon catabolite repression (CCR), a mechanism that allows bacteria to coordinate and optimize the utilization of available carbon sources. P-Ser-HPr also plays a role in inducer exclusion, in which it probably interacts with several non-PTS permeases and inhibits their transport activity.^{[8] [9]}

Evolutionary Conservation

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See Also

• Catabolite control protein
• Catabolite control protein 3D structures
• Phosphocarrier protein HPr 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Henkin TM, Grundy FJ, Nicholson WL, Chambliss GH. Catabolite repression of alpha-amylase gene expression in Bacillus subtilis involves a trans-acting gene product homologous to the Escherichia coli lacl and galR repressors. Mol Microbiol. 1991 Mar;5(3):575-84. PMID:1904524
2. ↑ Kim JH, Guvener ZT, Cho JY, Chung KC, Chambliss GH. Specificity of DNA binding activity of the Bacillus subtilis catabolite control protein CcpA. J Bacteriol. 1995 Sep;177(17):5129-34. PMID:7665492
3. ↑ Tobisch S, Zuhlke D, Bernhardt J, Stulke J, Hecker M. Role of CcpA in regulation of the central pathways of carbon catabolism in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 1999 Nov;181(22):6996-7004. PMID:10559165
4. ↑ Ludwig H, Stulke J. The Bacillus subtilis catabolite control protein CcpA exerts all its regulatory functions by DNA-binding. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2001 Sep 11;203(1):125-9. PMID:11557150
5. ↑ Schumacher MA, Sprehe M, Bartholomae M, Hillen W, Brennan RG. Structures of carbon catabolite protein A-(HPr-Ser46-P) bound to diverse catabolite response element sites reveal the basis for high-affinity binding to degenerate DNA operators. Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Nov 23. PMID:21106498 doi:10.1093/nar/gkq1177
6. ↑ Deutscher J, Reizer J, Fischer C, Galinier A, Saier MH Jr, Steinmetz M. Loss of protein kinase-catalyzed phosphorylation of HPr, a phosphocarrier protein of the phosphotransferase system, by mutation of the ptsH gene confers catabolite repression resistance to several catabolic genes of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 1994 Jun;176(11):3336-44. PMID:8195089
7. ↑ Fujita Y, Miwa Y, Galinier A, Deutscher J. Specific recognition of the Bacillus subtilis gnt cis-acting catabolite-responsive element by a protein complex formed between CcpA and seryl-phosphorylated HPr. Mol Microbiol. 1995 Sep;17(5):953-60. PMID:8596444
8. ↑ Deutscher J, Reizer J, Fischer C, Galinier A, Saier MH Jr, Steinmetz M. Loss of protein kinase-catalyzed phosphorylation of HPr, a phosphocarrier protein of the phosphotransferase system, by mutation of the ptsH gene confers catabolite repression resistance to several catabolic genes of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 1994 Jun;176(11):3336-44. PMID:8195089
9. ↑ Fujita Y, Miwa Y, Galinier A, Deutscher J. Specific recognition of the Bacillus subtilis gnt cis-acting catabolite-responsive element by a protein complex formed between CcpA and seryl-phosphorylated HPr. Mol Microbiol. 1995 Sep;17(5):953-60. PMID:8596444