A Novel Calcium Uptake Transporter of Uncharacterized P-Type ATPase Family Supplies Calcium for Cell Surface Integrity in <italic toggle="yes">Mycobacterium smegmatis</italic>

ABSTRACT Ca2+ plays an important role in the physiology of bacteria. Intracellular Ca2+ concentrations are tightly maintained in the nanomolar range. Molecular mechanisms of Ca2+ uptake in bacteria remain elusive. Here we show that CtpE is responsible for Ca2+ uptake in Mycobacterium smegmatis. It r...

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Autores principales:	Hemant Kumar Gupta, Shruti Shrivastava, Rakesh Sharma
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2017
Materias:	calcium Mycobacterium smegmatis Mycobacterium tuberculosis P-type ATPase transporter Microbiology QR1-502
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:921cfae98ded4a1fa5c6c2ef5d8b98c02021-11-15T15:51:50ZA Novel Calcium Uptake Transporter of Uncharacterized P-Type ATPase Family Supplies Calcium for Cell Surface Integrity in <italic toggle="yes">Mycobacterium smegmatis</italic>10.1128/mBio.01388-172150-7511https://doaj.org/article/921cfae98ded4a1fa5c6c2ef5d8b98c02017-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01388-17https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT Ca2+ plays an important role in the physiology of bacteria. Intracellular Ca2+ concentrations are tightly maintained in the nanomolar range. Molecular mechanisms of Ca2+ uptake in bacteria remain elusive. Here we show that CtpE is responsible for Ca2+ uptake in Mycobacterium smegmatis. It represents a previously uncharacterized P-type ATPase family in bacteria. Disruption of ctpE in M. smegmatis resulted in a mutant with impaired growth under Ca2+-deficient conditions. The growth defect of the mutant could be rescued by Ca2+ or by ectopic expression of ctpE from M. smegmatis or the orthologous gene (Rv0908) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. Radioactive transport assays revealed that CtpE is a Ca2+-specific transporter. Ca2+ deficiency increased expression of ctpE, resulting in increased 45Ca2+ accumulation in cells. ctpE is a gene that is part of an operon, which is negatively regulated by Ca2+. The ctpE mutant also showed hypersensitivity to polymyxin B, increased biofilm formation, and higher cell aggregation, indicating cell envelope defects. Our work establishes, for the first time, the presence of Ca2+ uptake pumps of the energy-dependent P-type ATPase superfamily in bacteria and also implicates that intracellular Ca2+ is essential for growth and cell envelope integrity in M. smegmatis. IMPORTANCE Ca2+ is essential for gene regulation, enzymatic activity, and maintenance of structural integrity of cell walls in bacteria. Bacteria maintain intracellular calcium concentrations in a narrow range, creating a gradient with low cytoplasmic calcium concentration and high extracellular calcium concentration. Due to this steep gradient, active pumps belonging to family 2 of P-type ATPases and antiporters are used for Ca2+ efflux, whereas Ca2+ uptake is usually carried out by channels. Molecular mechanisms of Ca2+ uptake in bacteria are still elusive and are mainly limited to a nonproteinaceous channel in Escherichia coli and a pH-dependent channel protein from Bacillus subtilis. Energy-dependent active transporters are not reported for Ca2+ uptake from any organism. Here we show that CtpE belonging to a family of previously uncharacterized bacterial P-type ATPases is involved in specific uptake of Ca2+ into Mycobacterium smegmatis. We also demonstrate that intracellular Ca2+ obtained through CtpE is essential for growth and maintenance of cell surface properties under Ca2+-deficient conditions.Hemant Kumar GuptaShruti ShrivastavaRakesh SharmaAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticlecalciumMycobacterium smegmatisMycobacterium tuberculosisP-type ATPasetransporterMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 8, Iss 5 (2017)
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spellingShingle	calcium Mycobacterium smegmatis Mycobacterium tuberculosis P-type ATPase transporter Microbiology QR1-502 Hemant Kumar Gupta Shruti Shrivastava Rakesh Sharma A Novel Calcium Uptake Transporter of Uncharacterized P-Type ATPase Family Supplies Calcium for Cell Surface Integrity in <italic toggle="yes">Mycobacterium smegmatis</italic>
description	ABSTRACT Ca2+ plays an important role in the physiology of bacteria. Intracellular Ca2+ concentrations are tightly maintained in the nanomolar range. Molecular mechanisms of Ca2+ uptake in bacteria remain elusive. Here we show that CtpE is responsible for Ca2+ uptake in Mycobacterium smegmatis. It represents a previously uncharacterized P-type ATPase family in bacteria. Disruption of ctpE in M. smegmatis resulted in a mutant with impaired growth under Ca2+-deficient conditions. The growth defect of the mutant could be rescued by Ca2+ or by ectopic expression of ctpE from M. smegmatis or the orthologous gene (Rv0908) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. Radioactive transport assays revealed that CtpE is a Ca2+-specific transporter. Ca2+ deficiency increased expression of ctpE, resulting in increased 45Ca2+ accumulation in cells. ctpE is a gene that is part of an operon, which is negatively regulated by Ca2+. The ctpE mutant also showed hypersensitivity to polymyxin B, increased biofilm formation, and higher cell aggregation, indicating cell envelope defects. Our work establishes, for the first time, the presence of Ca2+ uptake pumps of the energy-dependent P-type ATPase superfamily in bacteria and also implicates that intracellular Ca2+ is essential for growth and cell envelope integrity in M. smegmatis. IMPORTANCE Ca2+ is essential for gene regulation, enzymatic activity, and maintenance of structural integrity of cell walls in bacteria. Bacteria maintain intracellular calcium concentrations in a narrow range, creating a gradient with low cytoplasmic calcium concentration and high extracellular calcium concentration. Due to this steep gradient, active pumps belonging to family 2 of P-type ATPases and antiporters are used for Ca2+ efflux, whereas Ca2+ uptake is usually carried out by channels. Molecular mechanisms of Ca2+ uptake in bacteria are still elusive and are mainly limited to a nonproteinaceous channel in Escherichia coli and a pH-dependent channel protein from Bacillus subtilis. Energy-dependent active transporters are not reported for Ca2+ uptake from any organism. Here we show that CtpE belonging to a family of previously uncharacterized bacterial P-type ATPases is involved in specific uptake of Ca2+ into Mycobacterium smegmatis. We also demonstrate that intracellular Ca2+ obtained through CtpE is essential for growth and maintenance of cell surface properties under Ca2+-deficient conditions.
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author	Hemant Kumar Gupta Shruti Shrivastava Rakesh Sharma
author_facet	Hemant Kumar Gupta Shruti Shrivastava Rakesh Sharma
author_sort	Hemant Kumar Gupta
title	A Novel Calcium Uptake Transporter of Uncharacterized P-Type ATPase Family Supplies Calcium for Cell Surface Integrity in <italic toggle="yes">Mycobacterium smegmatis</italic>
title_short	A Novel Calcium Uptake Transporter of Uncharacterized P-Type ATPase Family Supplies Calcium for Cell Surface Integrity in <italic toggle="yes">Mycobacterium smegmatis</italic>
title_full	A Novel Calcium Uptake Transporter of Uncharacterized P-Type ATPase Family Supplies Calcium for Cell Surface Integrity in <italic toggle="yes">Mycobacterium smegmatis</italic>
title_fullStr	A Novel Calcium Uptake Transporter of Uncharacterized P-Type ATPase Family Supplies Calcium for Cell Surface Integrity in <italic toggle="yes">Mycobacterium smegmatis</italic>
title_full_unstemmed	A Novel Calcium Uptake Transporter of Uncharacterized P-Type ATPase Family Supplies Calcium for Cell Surface Integrity in <italic toggle="yes">Mycobacterium smegmatis</italic>
title_sort	novel calcium uptake transporter of uncharacterized p-type atpase family supplies calcium for cell surface integrity in <italic toggle="yes">mycobacterium smegmatis</italic>
publisher	American Society for Microbiology
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/921cfae98ded4a1fa5c6c2ef5d8b98c0
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A Novel Calcium Uptake Transporter of Uncharacterized P-Type ATPase Family Supplies Calcium for Cell Surface Integrity in <italic toggle="yes">Mycobacterium smegmatis</italic>

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