Conformational Changes of an Interdomain Linker Mediate Mechanical Signal Transmission in Sensor Kinase BvgS

Journal of Bacteriology
Elodie LesneFrançoise Jacob-Dubuisson

Abstract

The whooping cough agent, Bordetella pertussis, controls the expression of its large virulence regulon in a coordinated manner through the two-component system BvgAS. BvgS is a dimeric, multidomain sensor kinase. Each monomer comprises, in succession, tandem periplasmic Venus flytrap (VFT) domains, a transmembrane segment, a cytoplasmic Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS) domain, a kinase module, and additional phosphorelay domains. BvgS shifts between kinase and phosphatase modes of activity in response to chemical modulators that modify the clamshell motions of the VFT domains. We have shown previously that this regulation involves a shift between distinct states of conformation and dynamics of the two-helix coiled-coil linker preceding the enzymatic module. In this work, we determined the mechanism of signal transduction across the membrane via a first linker, which connects the VFT and PAS domains of BvgS, using extensive cysteine cross-linking analyses and other approaches. Modulator perception by the periplasmic domains appears to trigger a small, symmetrical motion of the transmembrane segments toward the periplasm, causing rearrangements of the noncanonical cytoplasmic coiled coil that follows. As a consequence, the interface of the PAS...Continue Reading

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