Abstract |
In contrast to the apparent paucity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis response to reactive oxygen intermediates, this organism has evolved a specific response to nitric oxide challenge. Exposure of M. tuberculosis to NO donors induces the synthesis of a set of polypeptides that have been collectively termed Nox. In this work, the most prominent Nox polypeptide, Nox16, was identified by immunoblotting and by N-terminal sequencing as the alpha-crystallin-related, 16-kDa small heat shock protein, sHsp16. A panel of chemically diverse donors of nitric oxide, with the exception of nitroprusside, induced sHsp16 (Nox16). Nitroprusside, a coordination complex of Fe2+ with a nitrosonium (NO+) ion, induced a 19-kDa polypeptide (Nox19) homologous to the nonheme bacterial ferritins. We conclude that the NO response in M. tuberculosis is dominated by increased synthesis of the alpha-crystallin homolog sHsp16, previously implicated in stationary-phase processes and found in this study to be a major M. tuberculosis protein induced upon exposure to reactive nitrogen intermediates.
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Authors | T R Garbe, N S Hibler, V Deretic |
Journal | Infection and immunity
(Infect Immun)
Vol. 67
Issue 1
Pg. 460-5
(Jan 1999)
ISSN: 0019-9567 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9864257
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Crystallins
- Heat-Shock Proteins
- Nitric Oxide Donors
- Nitric Oxide
- Ferritins
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Topics |
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, Bacterial
(chemistry)
- Crystallins
(biosynthesis, chemistry)
- Ferritins
(chemistry)
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
(drug effects)
- Heat-Shock Proteins
(chemistry)
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Weight
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(drug effects, genetics, metabolism)
- Nitric Oxide
(metabolism)
- Nitric Oxide Donors
(metabolism, pharmacology)
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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