Author:
Ishola Olamide,Ogunbowale Adeyemi,Islam Md Majharul,Hadadianpour Elaheh,Majeed Saman,Adetuyi Oluwatosin,Georgieva Elka R.
Abstract
ABSTRACTMycobacterium tuberculosis(Mtb) drug exporters contribute an efficient mechanism for drug resistance. Therefore, understanding the structure–function relationship in these proteins is important. We focused on theMtbEfpA efflux pump, which belongs to the major facilitator superfamily (MSF) and transports anti-tuberculosis drugs outside the bacterial cell. Here, we report on our advancements in producing and characterization of this protein. We engineered a construct of apolipoprotein A-I (apoAI) fused to the N-terminus of EfpA (apoAI-EfpA) and cloned it in anE. coliexpression vector. This fusion construct was found in a membrane-bound form, unlike the deposited in inclusion bodies EfpA without apoAI. We purified the apoAI-EfpA in detergent to a sufficient degree and reconstituted it in DOPC/DOPS lipids. We found that upon reconstitution in lipid, the apoAI-EfpA forms discoidal protein-lipid nanostructures with a diameter of about 20 nm, resembling nanodiscs. We further detected apoAI-EfpA oligomers in β-DDM and lipid. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first complete protocol on the expression, purification, and lipid reconstitution of theMtbEfpA transported. AlphaFold2 also predicted EfpA oligomers and further bioinformatic analysis confirmed the earlier proposed 14-transmembrane helices of theMtbEfpA. We also found very high identity, >80%, among the EfpA-s of diversemycobacterialspecies. Outside ofmycobacteria, EfpA has no close homologues with only low identity with the QacA family of transporters. These findings possibly indicate high specificity of EfpA mechanisms. Our developments provide a foundation for more comprehensive in vitro studies on the EfpA exporter.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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