S-nitroso proteome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Enzymes of intermediary metabolism and antioxidant defense.

TitleS-nitroso proteome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Enzymes of intermediary metabolism and antioxidant defense.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsRhee KY, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Nathan CF
JournalProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Volume102
Issue2
Pagination467-72
Date Published2005 Jan 11
ISSN0027-8424
KeywordsAnimals, Antioxidants, Bacterial Proteins, Mice, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Nitric Oxide, Proteome, Reactive Nitrogen Species
Abstract

The immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) includes expression of nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS)2, whose products can kill Mtb in vitro with a molar potency greater than that of many conventional antitubercular agents. However, the targets of reactive nitrogen intermediates (RNIs) in Mtb are unknown. One major action of RNIs is protein S-nitrosylation. Here, we describe, to our knowledge, the first proteomic analysis of S-nitrosylation in a whole organism after treating Mtb with bactericidal concentrations of RNIs. The 29 S-nitroso proteins identified are all enzymes, mostly serving intermediary metabolism, lipid metabolism, and/or antioxidant defense. Many are essential or implicated in virulence, including defense against RNIs. For each of two target enzymes tested, lipoamide dehydrogenase and mycobacterial proteasome ATPase, S-nitrosylation caused enzyme inhibition. Moreover, endogenously biotinylated proteins were driven into mixed disulfide complexes. Targeting of metabolic enzymes and antioxidant defenses by means of protein S-nitrosylation and mixed disulfide bonding may contribute to the antimycobacterial actions of RNIs.

DOI10.1073/pnas.0406133102
Alternate JournalProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PubMed ID15626759
PubMed Central IDPMC544291
Grant ListK08AI0061393 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States
P01AI56293 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States
T32 AI007613 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States
T32AI007613 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States
P01 AI056293 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States
K08 AI061393 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States